26. In January 2014, Western Co. purchased a patent for $750,000 that had an estimated remaining economic life of ten years. On January 2, 2017, the company incurred $140,000 in legal fees to successfully defend the validity of the patent. In January 2019, the company incurred $88,000 in legal fees in a new infringement lawsuit. In this situation, the lawsuit was lost, and the patent was determined to be worthless as a result. The expense to be recognized in 2019 by Western with regard to the patent is a. $750,000 b. $150,000 c. $475,000 d. $563,000