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PATENTS
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Patents  
PATENTS

NOTE C – PATENTS

 

The Company’s intangible assets at June 30, 2026 include patents with estimated remaining economic useful lives ranging from approximately 7 to 13 years. For all periods presented, all of the Company’s unexpired patents were subject to amortization.  The gross carrying amounts and accumulated amortization related to acquired intangible assets as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025 were as follows:

          
  

 

June 30,
2026

  

 

December 31,
2025

 

 

Gross carrying amount – patents

  $9,262,000   $8,887,000 
Accumulated amortization – patents   (7,496,000)   (7,408,000)

 

Patents, net

  $1,766,000   $1,479,000 

 

Amortization expense for the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 was $44,000 and $37,000, respectively. Amortization expense for the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 was $88,000 and $67,000, respectively. Future amortization of intangible assets for the next five years and thereafter is as follows:

      
For the Years Ended December 31, 

2026 – remaining

   $88,000 
2027    174,000 
2028    171,000 
2029    171,000 
2030    171,000 
Thereafter    991,000 
Total   $1,766,000 
       

 

The expiration dates of patents within the Company’s M2M/IoT Patent Portfolio range from September 2033 to December 2034. The expiration dates of patents within the Company’s HFT Patent Portfolio range from October 2039 to February 2040. The expiration dates of patents within the Company’s Smart Home Patent Portfolio range from May 2039 to May 2040. All of the patents within the Company’s Mirror Worlds Patent Portfolio, Cox Patent Portfolio and the Remote Power Patent have expired.