Google acquired the assets of a small company on May $1,2023$ for

$$20$ million where $$3$ million of it was ultimately allocated to the tax

basis of a patent the small company had held. At the date of purchase,

the patent had a remaining life $($until the patent's expiration date$)$ of

exactly $5$ years $(60$ months$).$

Fill in the blank: The total amount of amortization that Google can

recognize in $2023$ for the patent is $