Cayman Corp

Multiple Choice

Cayman Corp. incurred $ 140,000 of basic research and $ 35,000 of development costs to develop a product for which a patent was granted on January 2, 2015. Legal fees and other costs associated with registration of the patent totalled $ 50,000. On March 31, 2020, Cayman paid $ 75,000 for legal fees in a successful defence of the patent. The total amount capitalized for the patent through March 31, 2020 should be

A) $ 300,000.
B) $ 265,000.
C) $ 160,000.
D) $ 125,000.