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Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 27, 2015
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Intangible assets and Goodwill |
(Dollars in Millions) |  | September 27, 2015 |  | December 28, 2014
Intangible assets with definite lives: |  |  |  |
Patents and trademarks — gross |  | $ | 8,298 |  |  | 9,074 |
Less accumulated amortization |  | 4,687 |  |  | 4,700 |
Patents and trademarks — net |  | 3,611 |  |  | 4,374 |
Customer relationships and other intangibles — gross |  | 17,739 |  |  | 17,970 |
Less accumulated amortization |  | 5,637 |  |  | 5,227 |
Customer relationships and other intangibles — net |  | 12,102 |  |  | 12,743 |
Intangible assets with indefinite lives: |  |  |  |
Trademarks |  | 7,084 |  |  | 7,263 |
Purchased in-process research and development |  | 3,191 |  |  | 2,842 |
Total intangible assets with indefinite lives |  | 10,275 |  |  | 10,105 |
Total intangible assets — net |  | $ | 25,988 |  |  | 27,222 |
Goodwill | Goodwill as of September 27, 2015 was allocated by segment of business as follows:
(Dollars in Millions) |  | Consumer |  | Pharm |  | Med Devices |  | Total
Goodwill, net at December 28, 2014 |  | $ | 7,675 |  |  | 2,626 |  |  | 11,531 |  |  | 21,832 |
Goodwill, related to acquisitions |  | — |  |  | 64 |  |  | 22 |  |  | 86 |
Goodwill, related to divestitures |  | (117 | ) |  | (17 | ) |  | (1 | ) |  | (135 | )
Currency translation/Other |  | (350 | ) |  | (56 | ) |  | (98 | ) | (1) | (504 | )
Goodwill, net as of September 27, 2015 |  | $ | 7,208 |  |  | 2,617 |  |  | 11,454 |  |  | 21,279 |
See Note 10 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for more details related to business combinations and divestitures. (1)Includes $98 million classified as held for sale, a component of other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheet, related to the divestiture of Cordis which was pending as of September 27, 2015.

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