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Patents and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block]

Patents and other intangible assets are summarized as follows:

		September 30,				December 31,
		2018				2017
		(unaudited)
Patents
Patents pending		$	1,246,000			$	1,167,000
Issued patents			1,120,000				930,000
			2,366,000				2,097,000
Trademarks
Trademarks pending			50,000				41,000
Registered trademarks			23,000				23,000
			73,000				64,000
Other			8,000				8,000
			2,447,000				2,169,000
Accumulated amortization			(518,000	)			(313,000	)
		$	1,929,000			$	1,856,000

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense [Table Text Block]

Future amortization expense associated with issued patents and registered trademarks as of September 30, 2018 is estimated as follows (unaudited):

2018		$	69,000
2019			255,000
2020			165,000
2021			73,000
2022			38,000
Thereafter			25,000
		$	625,000

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Tabular disclosure of goodwill by reportable segment and in total which includes a rollforward schedule.

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