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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Other Intangible Assets by Major Class (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions | Sep. 28, 2019 | Dec. 29, 2018
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Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |
Gross Carrying Value | $ 402.5 | $ 393.5
Non-amortized trademarks | 106.3 | 109.7
Accumulated Amortization | (283.6) | (270.3)
Total other intangible assets | 508.8 | 503.2
Customer relationships |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |
Gross Carrying Value | 171.3 | 172.2
Accumulated Amortization | (114.3) | (107.6)
Developed technology |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |
Gross Carrying Value | 18.4 | 18.5
Accumulated Amortization | (18.3) | (18.3)
Internally developed software |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |
Gross Carrying Value | 165.1 | 156.6
Accumulated Amortization | (122.6) | (116.6)
Patents |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |
Gross Carrying Value | 37.3 | 35.7
Accumulated Amortization | (23.4) | (22.9)
Trademarks |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |
Gross Carrying Value | 3.3 | 3.2
Accumulated Amortization | (2.0) | (2.0)
Other |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |
Gross Carrying Value | 7.1 | 7.3
Accumulated Amortization | $ (3.0) | $ (2.9)

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