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Patents | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Intangible Assets Disclosure [Text Block] | ## Note 6 — Patents Patents consisted of the following:
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
Patents |  | $ | 621,964 |  | $ | 479,256 |
Accumulated amortization |  |  | (13,051) |  |  | (4,466) |
|  | $ | 608,913 |  | $ | 474,790 |
Amortization expense related to patents awarded amounted to $8,585 and $1,659 for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Estimated amortization expense for the succeeding five years and thereafter is $12,051 (2014); $12,051 (2015); $12,051 (2016); $12,051 (2017); $12,051 (2018); and $167,722 (thereafter). At December 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company had capitalized approximately $381,000 and $426,000, respectively, for costs related to patents that have not been awarded.

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