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PATENT COSTS (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
PATENT COSTS [Abstract]  
Net Patent Costs
For the nine months ended September 30, 2018, we increased our capitalized patent costs based on reports provided to us by Endo. Patent costs may be creditable against future royalty revenues. For each period presented below, net patent costs consisted of:

  
September 30,
2018
  
December 31,
2017
 
Patents
  
1,020,416
  
$
925,016
 
Accumulated amortization
  
(580,524
)
  
(527,023
)
  
$
439,892
  
$
397,993
 
Estimated Aggregate Future Amortization Expense
The estimated aggregate amortization expense for the remaining three months of 2018 and each of the years below is approximately as follows:

October 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018
 
$
19,400
 
2019
  
72,700
 
2020
  
55,800
 
2021
  
38,900
 
2022
  
38,900
 
Thereafter
  
214,200