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Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Intangible Assets and Goodwill |
(Dollars in Millions) |  | March 31, 2019 |  | December 30, 2018
Intangible assets with definite lives: |  |  |  |
Patents and trademarks — gross |  | $ | 35,963 |  |  | 35,194 |
Less accumulated amortization |  | 10,548 |  |  | 9,784 |
Patents and trademarks — net |  | 25,415 |  |  | 25,410 |
Customer relationships and other intangibles — gross |  | 21,766 |  |  | 21,334 |
Less accumulated amortization |  | 8,586 |  |  | 8,323 |
Customer relationships and other intangibles — net |  | 13,180 |  |  | 13,011 |
Intangible assets with indefinite lives: |  |  |  |
Trademarks |  | 6,912 |  |  | 6,937 |
Purchased in-process research and development (1) |  | 1,391 |  |  | 2,253 |
Total intangible assets with indefinite lives |  | 8,303 |  |  | 9,190 |
Total intangible assets — net |  | $ | 46,898 |  |  | 47,611 |
(1)In the fiscal first quarter of 2019, the Company recorded an IPR&D impairment charge of $0.9 billion for the remaining intangible asset value related to the development program of AL-8176, an investigational drug for the treatment of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and human metapneumovirus (hMPV) acquired with the 2014 acquisition of Alios Biopharma Inc. The impairment charge was based on additional information, including clinical data, which became available and led to the Company's decision to abandon the development of AL-8176. A partial impairment charge of $0.8 billion was previously recorded in the fiscal third quarter of 2018 related to the development program of AL-8176.
Goodwill | Goodwill as of March 31, 2019 was allocated by segment of business as follows:
(Dollars in Millions) |  | Consumer |  | Pharm |  | Med Devices |  | Total
Goodwill, net at December 30, 2018 |  | $ | 8,670 |  |  | 9,063 |  |  | 12,720 |  |  | 30,453 |
Goodwill, related to acquisitions |  | 1,176 |  |  | — |  |  | 23 |  |  | 1,199 |
Goodwill, related to divestitures |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Currency translation/Other |  | (116 | ) |  | (75 | ) |  | (11 | ) |  | (202 | )
Goodwill, net at March 31, 2019 |  | $ | 9,730 |  |  | 8,988 |  |  | 12,732 |  |  | 31,450 |
Goodwill is net of approximately $0.3 billion related to the divestiture of the Advanced Sterilization Products business, which was pending and classified as assets held for sale on the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2019.

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