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Intangible Assets
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Intangible Assets

5. Intangible Assets

 

Intangible assets are comprised of the following:

 

        September 30, 2019     December 31, 2018  
    Useful Life   Gross Carrying Amount     Accumulated Amortization     Net Carrying Amount     Gross Carrying Amount     Accumulated Amortization     Net Carrying Amount  
                                         
Acquired intangibles - customer lists, licenses and non-compete agreements   3-10 years     1,778,848       1,097,787       681,061       1,284,065       823,884       460,181  
Acquired intangibles - patents and patent rights         500,000       500,000       -       500,000       500,000       -  
Patent application costs   Varied (1)     1,175,971       808,529       367,442       1,168,155       746,925       421,230  
        $ 3,454,819     $ 2,406,316     $ 1,048,503     $ 2,952,220     $ 2,070,809     $ 881,411  

 

(1) Patent application costs are amortized over their expected useful life which is generally the remaining legal life of the patent. As of September 30, 2019, the weighted average remaining useful life of these assets in service was approximately 7 years.

 

Amortization expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 amounted to $335,507($407,034 – September 30, 2018).

 

On March 5, 2019, the Company paid $350,000 and issued 130,435 shares of the Company’s common stock valued at $144,783 in conjunction with the signing of a Master Distributor Agreement with Advanced Cyber Security Corp. (“ACS”) to for the Company to distribute ACS’s EndpointLockV™ cyber security software exclusively in thirteen countries in Asia and Australia, and non-exclusively, in the U.S. and Middle East. The aggregate cost of $494,783 of the agreement was recorded as an intangible asset to be amortized over the expected useful life of 36 months.