INTANGIBLE ASSETS
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Mar. 31, 2013
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Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
INTANGIBLE ASSETS |
NOTE 4 INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Intangible assets were acquired from the acquisition by the Companys wholly owned subsidiary, Sampo and consisted of the following:
The life of the patent rights shall be based on the expiration dates of the patent rights as follows:
US Patent 6,161,149 expires March 13, 2018 or estimated useful life of 5.33 years; US Patent 6,772,229 expires December 1, 2019 or estimated useful life of 7.05 years; and US Patent 8,015,495 expires November 16, 2023 or estimated useful life of 11.01 years.
The patent rights are being amortized on a straight-line basis over its respective estimated useful lives. The Company assesses fair market value for any impairment to the carrying values. As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 management concluded that there was no impairment to the acquired assets.
The weighted average amortization period on total is approximately 7.80 years. Amortization expense for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 was $17,547 and $0, respectively. Future amortization of intangible assets, net is as follows:
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