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Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Rollforward Of Goodwill | The following is a rollforward of the Company’s goodwill by segment ($ in millions):
| Life Sciences |  | Diagnostics |  | Environmental & Applied Solutions |  | Total
Balance, January 1, 2019 | $ | 13,311 |  |  | $ | 6,926 |  |  | $ | 2,344 |  |  | $ | 22,581 |
Attributable to 2019 acquisitions | 213 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 217 |
Adjustments due to finalization of purchase price allocations | (7) |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (7) |
Foreign currency translation and other | (45) |  |  | (28) |  |  | (5) |  |  | (78) |
Balance, December 31, 2019 | 13,472 |  |  | 6,901 |  |  | 2,340 |  |  | 22,713 |
Attributable to 2020 acquisitions | 10,291 |  |  | — |  |  | 111 |  |  | 10,402 |
Attributable to 2020 divestitures | (181) |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (181) |
Adjustments due to finalization of purchase price allocations | (3) |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (3) |
Foreign currency translation and other | 2,233 |  |  | 181 |  |  | 75 |  |  | 2,489 |
Balance, December 31, 2020 | $ | 25,812 |  |  | $ | 7,082 |  |  | $ | 2,526 |  |  | $ | 35,420 |
Schedule of Finite-lived Intangible Assets And Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets By Major Class | The following summarizes the gross carrying value and accumulated amortization for each major category of intangible assets as of December 31 ($ in millions):
| 2020 |  | 2019
| Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization
Finite-lived intangibles: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Patents and technology | $ | 12,526 |  |  | $ | (1,539) |  |  | $ | 2,713 |  |  | $ | (934) |
Customer relationships, trade names and other intangibles | 9,355 |  |  | (3,235) |  |  | 6,367 |  |  | (2,612) |
Total finite-lived intangibles | 21,881 |  |  | (4,774) |  |  | 9,080 |  |  | (3,546) |
Indefinite-lived intangibles: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trademarks and trade names | 4,175 |  |  | — |  |  | 4,216 |  |  | — |
Total intangibles | $ | 26,056 |  |  | $ | (4,774) |  |  | $ | 13,296 |  |  | $ | (3,546) |

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