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Note 5 - Patents and Trademarks, Net | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements |
Intangible Assets Disclosure [Text Block] | 5. PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS, NET Patents and trademarks, net consisted of the following:
|  | August 31, 2019 |  | August 31, 2018
Patents and trademarks |  | $ | 2,938,876 |  |  | $ | 2,824,440 |
Less accumulated amortization |  |  | (1,929,907 | ) |  |  | (1,668,183 | )
|  | $ | 1,008,969 |  |  | $ | 1,156,257 |
Patent and trademark costs are amortized over seven years. Costs incurred related to patents and trademarks are capitalized until filed and approved, at which time the amounts capitalized to date are amortized, and any further costs, including maintenance costs, are expensed as incurred. Amortization expense was $261,724 and $252,312 for the years ended August 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Amortization expense is estimated to be $200,000 in each of the next five fiscal years.

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