Chapter 11, Problem 3CMA

To determine

Intangible Assets:

These are the long-term assets having no physical existence. However, the benefits provided by these assets are used by the company for a long period of time. Example: Patent, Trademark, Goodwill, Copyrights.

Patent:

Patent is a right that is exclusively granted by the Government to an individual or firm to process or design, to make, use or sell its invention for a limited period. It protects the right of the inventor from doing so by any other individual till the granted period expires.

To Identify: The costs which are to be included with the capitalization costs of a patent.