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Patents and Other Intangible Assets

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Intangible Assets Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 4 – Patents and Other Intangible Assets

Patents and other intangible assets are summarized as follows:

		December 31,			December 31,
		2017			2016
Patents
Patents pending		$	1,167,000		$	1,040,000
Issued patents			930,000			747,000
			2,097,000			1,787,000
Trademarks
Trademarks pending			41,000			23,000
Registered trademarks			23,000			23,000
			64,000			46,000
Other			8,000			8,000
			2,169,000			1,841,000
Accumulated amortization			(313,000)			(106,000)
		$	1,856,000		$	1,735,000

Future amortization expense associated with awarded patents and registered trademarks as of December 31, 2017 is estimated as follows:

2018		$	229,000
2019			208,000
2020			122,000
2021			46,000
2022			16,000
Thereafter			19,000
		$	640,000

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The entire disclosure for all or part of the information related to intangible assets.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2144416

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