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GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2017
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Goodwill balances and movements for each reportable segments during the period | The following table presents goodwill balances and the movements for each of our reportable segments during the nine months ended July 31, 2017:
| Life Sciences and Applied Markets |  | Diagnostics and Genomics |  | Agilent CrossLab |  | Total
| (in millions)
Goodwill as of October 31, 2016 | $ | 790 |  |  | $ | 1,223 |  |  | $ | 504 |  |  | $ | 2,517 |
Foreign currency translation impact | 5 |  |  | 11 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 19 |
Goodwill arising from acquisitions | 25 |  |  | 51 |  |  | — |  |  | 76 |
Goodwill as of July 31, 2017 | $ | 820 |  |  | $ | 1,285 |  |  | $ | 507 |  |  | $ | 2,612 |
Components of other intangibles during the period | The components of other intangibles as of July 31, 2017 and October 31, 2016 are shown in the table below:
| Purchased Other Intangible Assets
| Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Book Value
| (in millions)
As of October 31, 2016 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Purchased technology | $ | 823 |  |  | $ | 572 |  |  | $ | 251 |
Backlog | 1 |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |
Trademark/Tradename | 149 |  |  | 61 |  |  | 88 |
Customer relationships | 263 |  |  | 211 |  |  | 52 |
Total amortizable intangible assets | 1,236 |  |  | 845 |  |  | 391 |
In-Process R&D | 17 |  |  | — |  |  | 17 |
Total | $ | 1,253 |  |  | $ | 845 |  |  | $ | 408 |
As of July 31, 2017 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Purchased technology | $ | 856 |  |  | $ | 630 |  |  | $ | 226 |
Trademark/Tradename | 149 |  |  | 70 |  |  | 79 |
Customer relationships | 155 |  |  | 106 |  |  | 49 |
Total amortizable intangible assets | 1,160 |  |  | 806 |  |  | 354 |
In-Process R&D | 21 |  |  | — |  |  | 21 |
Total | $ | 1,181 |  |  | $ | 806 |  |  | $ | 375 |
Schedule of estimated future amortization expense of finite-lived intangible assets | Future amortization expense related to existing finite-lived purchased intangible assets for the remainder of fiscal year 2017 and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years and thereafter is estimated below:
Estimated future amortization expense: |
(in millions) |
Remainder of 2017 | $ | 27 |
2018 | $ | 91 |
2019 | $ | 66 |
2020 | $ | 55 |
2021 | $ | 43 |
2022 | $ | 31 |
Thereafter | $ | 41 |

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