Chapter 7, Problem 76APSA

To determine

(a)

Introduction:

A patent is a type of protected innovation. A patent gives its proprietor the privilege to bar others from making, utilizing, selling, and bringing in a creation for a restricted timeframe, typically twenty years. The patent rights are conceded in return for an empowering open exposure of the creation.

To choose:

Compute and record amortization expense on the patent for 2019.

To determine

(b)

Introduction:

A patent is a type of protected innovation. A patent gives its proprietor the privilege to bar others from making, utilizing, selling, and bringing in a creation for a restricted time frame, typically twenty years. The patent rights are conceded in return for an empowering open exposure of the creation.

To choose:

Prepare journal entry of expense defend the patent.

To determine

(c)

Introduction:

A patent is a type of protected innovation. A patent gives its proprietor the privilege to bar others from making, utilizing, selling, and bringing in a creation for a restricted time frame, typically twenty years. The patent rights are conceded in return for an empowering open exposure of the creation.

To choose:

Prepare journal entry of awarded amount.

To determine

(d)

Introduction:

A patent is a type of protected innovation. A patent gives its proprietor the privilege to bar others from making, utilizing, selling, and bringing in a creation for a restricted timeframe, typically twenty years. The patent rights are conceded in return for an empowering open exposure of the creation.

To choose:

Indicate the entry you would have made had Technocrat lost the suit.

To determine

(e)

Introduction:

In the financial statement record all types of expense which have incurred in the last current year. This expense may be create the profit or loss for the company.

To choose:

What are the financial statement effects of capitalizing or expensing the cost of defending the patent?