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TRANSACTIONS WITH AGILENT (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2015

Related Party Transaction [Line Items]

Schedule of Related Party Transactions [Table Text Block]

Receivable from and Payable to Agilent

	January 31, 2015				October 31, 2014
	(in millions)
Receivable from Agilent	$	1			$	23
Payable to Agilent	$	64			$	125

Allocated costs included in the accompanying condensed combined and consolidated statement of operations are as follows:

	Three Months Ended January 31,
	2015				2014
	(in millions)
Cost of products and services	$	—			$	25
Research and development	—				11
Selling, general and administrative	—				66
Other (income) expense, net	—				(1		)
Total allocated costs	$	—			$	101

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Tabular disclosure of related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include, but are not limited to, transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners and (d) affiliates.

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