Patents

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Notes to Financial Statements

Patents

	September 30, 2011			December 31, 2010
Capitalized patent costs	$	640,000		$	640,000
Accumulated amortization		(612,000	)		(592,000	)
	$	28,000		$	48,000

Periodically, the Company reviews its patent portfolio and has determined that certain patent applications no longer possessed commercial viability or were abandoned since they were inconsistent with the Company's business development strategy.

The following table presents expected future amortization of patent costs that may change according to the Company's amortization policy upon additional patents being issued or allowed:

2011	$	23,000
2012		11,000
2013		4,000
2014		4,000
2015		4,000