The Garnet Trading spent P1,440,000 in acquiring a patent on January 3, 2011. Due to the competitive nature of the product, the patent was estimated to have a useful life of 10 years. beginning of 2015, the company paid P180,000 for legal fees in a successful defense of the patent. On July 1, 2019, a competitor obtained rights to a patent which made Garnet's patent obsolete. How much is the loss from the patent obsolescence? The correct answer is a. 216,000 Please give me a solution to this answer.

The Garnet Trading spent P1,440,000 in acquiring a patent on January 3, 2011. Due to the competitive nature of the product, the patent was estimated to have a useful life of 10 years. beginning of 2015, the company paid P180,000 for legal fees in a successful defense of the patent. On July 1, 2019, a competitor obtained rights to a patent which made Garnet's patent obsolete. How much is the loss from the patent obsolescence? The correct answer is a. 216,000 Please give me a solution to this answer.

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