provide this general accounting quetion During 2015, Meridian Manufacturing's research and developmentdepartment developed a new production technique. Research and developmentcosts were $120,000. The technique was patented on July 1, 2015. Legal costs toacquire the patent were $16,800. Meridian decided to amortize the patent overa 15-year time period. Meridian's fiscal year ends on June 30.On July 1, 2020, Meridian learned that a competitor had developed superiortechnology that would make Meridian's patent completely obsolete.

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