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Intangible assets
 9 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
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7.    Intangible assets

The following table presents intangible assets for KWESST:

    Development
Costs		     Technology
Asset		     Total  
Cost                  
Balance at December 31, 2019 $ -   $ -   $ -  
Additions   163,230     -     163,230  
Additions through acquisition (Note 4)   -     481,472     481,472  
Balance at September 30, 2020 $ 163,230   $ 481,472   $ 644,702  

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, KWESST capitalized development costs of $163,230 in connection with a funded development project to support a U.S. military customer, featuring KWESST's signature Tactical Awareness and Situational Control System ("TASCS") - see Note 26 (a).

As disclosed in Note 4(b), KWESST acquired technology assets of $481,472, comprising intellectual property rights, including trademark rights, of the GhostStep® Technology, an electronic decoy system. Management has estimated a useful life of five years; however, as this technology has not yet reached commercialization, no amortization charge was recorded for the nine months period ended September 30, 2020.

9. Intangible assets

The following table shows a breakdown of our intangible assets:

    TASCS     PhantomTM     PARA OPSTM     PARA OPSTM     ARWENTM     Customer     Purchase        
Cost   System     System     System     Patent     Tradename     Relationships     Orders     Total  
Balance at September 30, 2020 $ 163,230   $ 481,472   $ -   $ -   $ -   $ -   $ -   $ 644,702  
Additions   -     83,228     -     -     -     -     -     83,228  
Acquisition (Note 4(b))   -     -     2,906,219     -     -     -     -     2,906,219  
Transferred to cost of sales   (107,854 )   -     -     -     -     -     -     (107,854 )
Impairment charge   (55,376 )   -     -     -     -     -     -     (55,376 )
Balance at September 30, 2021   -   $ 564,700   $ 2,906,219   $ -   $ -   $ -   $ -   $ 3,470,919  
Additions   -     584,885     562,996     28,783     -     -     -     1,176,664  
Acquisition (Note 4(a))   -     -     -     -     44,000     50,000     100,000     194,000  
Amortization   -     -     -     -     (6,968 )   (3,959 )   -     (10,927 )
Recognition of open orders   -     -     -     -     -     -     (87,802 )   (87,802 )
Balance at September 30, 2022 $ -   $ 1,149,585   $ 3,469,215   $ 28,783   $ 37,032   $ 46,041   $ 12,198   $ 4,742,854  

The balance at September 30, 2022 for PhantomTM and PARA OPSTM represents the acquired technology asset (i.e. intellectual properties), coupled with additional capitalized development costs. As both product lines have not yet reached commercialization, no amortization charge was recorded for the year ended September 30, 2022 (2021 - $nil).  Management anticipates the estimated useful life to be five years for both technology assets subsequent to the expected commercialization date and the estimated useful life of the patent will be determined subsequent to the approval of the patent.

In connection with Police Ordnance Acquisition (see Note 4(a)), we have recorded the following intangible assets at fair value: ARWENTM tradename, customer relationships and open purchase orders. During the year ended September 30, 2022, we have delivered on most open purchase orders resulting in a decrease of $87,802.  Management has estimated the useful lives of tradename and customer relationships of five years and ten years, respectively.