Chapter 11 Exercise 16 Van Frank Telecommunications has a patent on a cellular transmission process. The company has amortized the patent on a straight line basis since 2009, when it was acquired at a cost of 9 million at the beginning of that year. Due to rapid technological advances in the industry, management decided that the patent would benefit company over a total of six years rather thanf the nine year life being used to amortize its costs. The decision was made at the end of 2013 (before adjusting and closing entries). Thank you