New Co Received a Patent on a New Type of Machine

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New Co. received a patent on a new type of machine. The legal costs and the patent application costs totaled $180,000. R&D costs incurred to create the machine were $120,000. In the year in which the company received the patent, $25,000 was spent in the successful defense of a patent infringement suit.
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At what amount should the patent be capitalized?

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Definitions:

Process Costing

A costing method used in manufacturing, where costs are allocated to batches or processes, suitable for homogeneous products.

Weighted-Average Method

A method of inventory costing that assigns the average cost of goods available for sale to both ending inventory and cost of goods sold.

First-In, First-Out Method

An inventory valuation method where goods purchased or produced first are sold or used first, often used in the accounting of inventory costs.

Mixing Department

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