Blue Laboratories holds a valuable patent (No. 758-6002-1A) on a precipitator that prevents certain types of air pollution. Blue 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 Blue patent number 758-6002-1A is as follows. Date Activity Cost 2011–2012 Research conducted to develop precipitator $372,000 Jan. 2013 Design and construction of a prototype 88,000 March 2013 Testing of models 57,400 Jan. 2014 Fees paid engineers and lawyers to prepare patent application; patent granted June 30, 2014 66,300 Nov. 2015 Engineering activity necessary to advance the design of the precipitator to the manufacturing stage 81,500 Dec. 2016 Legal fees paid to successfully defend precipitator patent 57,400 April 2017 Research aimed at modifying the design of the patented precipitator 58,400 July 2021 Legal fees paid in unsuccessful patent infringement suit against a competitor 33,000 Blue assumed a useful life of 17 years when it received the initial precipitator patent. On January 1, 2019, it revised its useful life estimate downward to 5 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.Compute the carrying value of patent No. 758-6002-1A on each of the following dates: (a) December 31, 2014 (b) December 31, 2018 (c) December 31, 2021

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Blue Laboratories holds a valuable patent (No. 758-6002-1A) on a precipitator that prevents certain types of air pollution. Blue 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 Blue patent number 758-6002-1A is as follows.

Date	Activity	Cost
2011–2012	Research conducted to develop precipitator	$372,000
Jan. 2013	Design and construction of a prototype	88,000
March 2013	Testing of models	57,400
Jan. 2014	Fees paid engineers and lawyers to prepare patent application;
	patent granted June 30, 2014	66,300
Nov. 2015	Engineering activity necessary to advance the design of the
	precipitator to the manufacturing stage	81,500
Dec. 2016	Legal fees paid to successfully defend precipitator patent	57,400
April 2017	Research aimed at modifying the design of the patented precipitator	58,400
July 2021	Legal fees paid in unsuccessful patent infringement suit against a
	competitor	33,000

Blue assumed a useful life of 17 years when it received the initial precipitator patent. On January 1, 2019, it revised its useful life estimate downward to 5 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.

Compute the carrying value of patent No. 758-6002-1A on each of the following dates:

(a)		December 31, 2014
(b)		December 31, 2018
(c)		December 31, 2021

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