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 which it patents, and then assigns the patents to manufacturers on a royalty basis. Occasionally it sells a patent. The history of Fields patent number 758-6002-1A is as follows.
	Date:	Activity:				Cost:
	2010-2013	Research conducted to develop precipitator				$400,000
	Jan 1. 2014	Fees paid engineers and lawyers to prepare patent application; patent granted Jan 1, 2014				960,000
	Dec 31. 2016	Legal fees paid to successfully defend precipitator patent				84,000
	April 1 2017	Research aimed at modifying the design of the patented precipitator				55,000
	July 1 2021	Legal fees paid in unsuccessful patent infringement suit against a competitor				34,000
Fields assumed a useful life of			20	years when it received the initial precipitator
patent. On January 1, 2019, it revised its useful life estimate downward to						6
remaining years. Amortization is computed for a full year if the cost is incurred prior to July 1, and no amortization for the year if the cost is incurred after June 30. The company's year ends December 31.
Instructions:
(a) Compute the carrying value of patent No. 758-6002-1A on December 31, 2014.
(b) Compute the carrying value of patent No. 758-6002-1A on December 31, 2018.
(c) Compute the carrying value of patent No. 758-6002-1A on December 31, 2021.

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