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Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Apr. 01, 2018
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Intangible Assets and Goodwill |
(Dollars in Millions) |  | April 1, 2018 |  | December 31, 2017
Intangible assets with definite lives: |  |  |  |
Patents and trademarks — gross |  | $ | 35,980 |  |  | 36,427 |
Less accumulated amortization |  | 7,594 |  |  | 7,223 |
Patents and trademarks — net (1) |  | 28,386 |  |  | 29,204 |
Customer relationships and other intangibles — gross |  | 21,141 |  |  | 20,204 |
Less accumulated amortization |  | 7,748 |  |  | 7,463 |
Customer relationships and other intangibles — net |  | 13,393 |  |  | 12,741 |
Intangible assets with indefinite lives: |  |  |  |
Trademarks |  | 7,113 |  |  | 7,082 |
Purchased in-process research and development |  | 3,473 |  |  | 4,201 |
Total intangible assets with indefinite lives |  | 10,586 |  |  | 11,283 |
Total intangible assets — net |  | $ | 52,365 |  |  | 53,228 |
(1) Net of approximately $0.6 billion classified as assets held for sale on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. $0.5 billion is related to the divestiture of Valchlor and $0.1 billion is related to the divestiture of the LifeScan business, both of which were pending as of April 1, 2018.
Goodwill | Goodwill as of April 1, 2018 was allocated by segment of business as follows:
(Dollars in Millions) |  | Consumer |  | Pharm |  | Med Devices |  | Total
Goodwill, net at December 31, 2017 |  | $ | 8,875 |  |  | 9,109 |  |  | 13,922 |  |  | 31,906 |
Goodwill, related to acquisitions |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 53 |  |  | 53 |
Goodwill, related to divestitures |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Currency translation/Other |  | 24 |  |  | 147 |  |  | (981 | ) | (1) | (810 | )
Goodwill, net at April 1, 2018 |  | $ | 8,899 |  |  | 9,256 |  |  | 12,994 |  |  | 31,149 |
(1) Net of approximately $1.0 billion classified as assets held for sale on the Consolidated Balance Sheet, related to the divestiture of the LifeScan business which was pending as of April 1, 2018.

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