Gomez incurred $350,000 of research and development costs to develop a product for which a patent was granted on January 2, 2008. Legal fees and other costs associated with the registration of the patent totaled $100,000. On January 1, 2012, Gomez paid legal fees of $150,000 in a successful defense of the patent.Show calculations. The total amount capitalized for the patent account (ignoring amortization) through January 1, 2013 should be
a. $100,000
b. $250,000
c. $500,000
d. $600,000