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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Oct. 02, 2020
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Rollforward Of Goodwill | The following is a rollforward of the Company’s goodwill ($ in millions):
Balance, December 31, 2019 | $ | 22,712.5 |
Attributable to 2020 acquisitions | 10,301.4 |
Attributable to 2020 divestitures | (180.5) |
Adjustments due to finalization of purchase price allocations | (3.0) |
Foreign currency translation and other | 1,439.3 |
Balance, October 2, 2020 | $ | 34,269.7 |
The carrying value of goodwill by segment is summarized as follows ($ in millions):
| October 2, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019
Life Sciences | $ | 24,866.5 |  |  | $ | 13,471.8 |
Diagnostics | 6,951.6 |  |  | 6,901.2 |
Environmental & Applied Solutions | 2,451.6 |  |  | 2,339.5 |
Total | $ | 34,269.7 |  |  | $ | 22,712.5 |
Schedule of Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets And Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets By Major Class [Table Text Block] | The following summarizes the gross carrying value and accumulated amortization for each major category of intangible assets ($ in millions):
| October 2, 2020 |  |  |  | December 31, 2019 |  |
| Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization
Finite-lived intangibles: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Patents and technology | $ | 11,944.3 |  |  | $ | (1,329.4) |  |  | $ | 2,712.7 |  |  | $ | (934.1) |
Customer relationships, trade names and other intangibles | 8,942.3 |  |  | (3,013.3) |  |  | 6,367.4 |  |  | (2,612.3) |
Total finite-lived intangibles | 20,886.6 |  |  | (4,342.7) |  |  | 9,080.1 |  |  | (3,546.4) |
Indefinite-lived intangibles: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trademarks and trade names | 4,310.3 |  |  | — |  |  | 4,216.0 |  |  | — |
Total intangibles | $ | 25,196.9 |  |  | $ | (4,342.7) |  |  | $ | 13,296.1 |  |  | $ | (3,546.4) |

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