Fields Laboratories holds a valuable patent (No. 758-6002-1A) on a precipitator that prevents certain types of air pollution. Fields does not manufacture or sell the products and processes it develops. Instead, it conducts research and develops products and processes that it patents, and then assigns the patents to manufacturers on a royalty basis. Occasionally it sells one of its patents. The history of Fields patent number 758-6002-1A is as follows.

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Fields Laboratories holds a valuable patent (No. 758-6002-1A) on a precipitator that prevents certain types of air pollution. Fields does not manufacture or sell the products and processes it develops. Instead, it conducts research and develops products and processes that it patents, and then assigns the patents to manufacturers on a royalty basis. Occasionally it sells one of its patents. The history of Fields patent number 758-6002-1A is as follows.

Date   Activity   Cost
2011 − 2012   Research conducted to develop precipitator   $384,000
Jan. 3, 2013   Design and construction of a prototype (capitalization criteria not yet met)   90,900
Mar. 15, 2013   Testing of models   42,200
Jan. 4, 2014   Fees paid to engineers and lawyers to prepare patent application; patent granted January 4, 2014   51,900
Nov. 30, 2015   Engineering activity necessary to advance the design of the precipitator to the manufacturing stage   83,000
Dec. 31, 2016   Legal fees paid to successfully defend precipitator patent   51,250
Apr. 15, 2017   Research aimed at modifying the design of the patented precipitator   52,250
July 31, 2021   Legal fees paid in unsuccessful patent infringement suit against a competitor   32,500

Fields assumed a useful life of 17 years when it received the initial precipitator patent. On January 1, 2019, it revised its useful life estimate downward to five remaining years. The company’s year ends December 31. Fields follows IFRS for reporting purposes.
 
 
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