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I was wondering if you would be able to help me with this problem Earnest, Inc. holds a patent (#54321-BO) on an advanced form of

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Earnest, Inc. holds a patent (#54321-BO) on an advanced form of political hooey. Earnest does not manufacture or sell the hooey, rather it licenses the patent to various administrations on a royalty basis. From time to time it may sell one of its patents. The history of patent#54321-BO is as follows: Cost Incurred

2001-2002 Research to develop hooey $450,000
January 2002 design of hooey prototype 90,600
March 2002 testing of hooey 54,000
january 2003 various legal fees to apply for patent 63,000
february 2003 patent granted
november 2004 financial engineering to improve design 102,600
december 2005 legal fees to succesfully defent patent 36,000
april 2006 still more engineering to improve design 43,000
july 2010 legal fees to defend patent- not successful 59,000

Earnest assumed a useful life of 17 years when it received the initial hooey patent. on 1/1/2008 it revised the useful life downward to 5 remaining years. Amortization is computed for an entire year if the cost is incurred before July 1st, and no amortization is recorded if the cost is incurred after June 30th.

compute the carrying value of patent #54321-BO as of:

12/31/2003 12/31/2007 12/31/2010

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