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Question - During 2016, Sheffield Corporation spent $165,600 in research and development costs. As a result, a new product called the New Age Piano was patented. The patent was obtained on October 1, 2016, and had a legal life of 20 years and a useful life of 10 years. Legal costs of $41,040 related to the patent were incurred as of October 1, 2016.
Required -
1) Prepare the journal entries required in 2016 and 2017 as a result of the transactions above.
2) On June 1, 2018, Sheffield spent $10,440 to successfully prosecute a patent infringement suit. As a result, the estimate of useful life was extended to 12 years from June 1, 2018. Prepare the journal entries required in 2018 and 2019.
3) In 2020, Sheffield determined that a competitor's product would make the New Age Piano obsolete and the patent worthless by December 31, 2021. Prepare the journal entries required in 2020 and 2021.