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Amortizable Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2011
Amortizable Intangible Assets and Goodwill |
Components of intangible assets |
|  | As of September 30, 2011 |
|  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Carrying Amount |
|  | (In thousands) |
Patents (useful life of 3 to 10 years) |  | $ | 27,643 |  | $ | (12,042 | ) | $ | 15,601 |
Customer contracts and contractual relationships (useful life of 1 to 10 years) |  | 33,550 |  | (5,327 | ) | 28,223 |
Existing technology (useful life of 3 to 7 years) |  | 159,350 |  | (14,078 | ) | 145,272 |
Intellectual property (useful life of 4 years) |  | 10,384 |  | (10,384 | ) | — |
Non-competition agreement (useful life of 3 years) |  | 400 |  | (133 | ) | 267 |
Total intangible assets |  | $ | 231,327 |  | $ | (41,964 | ) | $ | 189,363 |
|  | As of December 31, 2010 |
|  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Carrying Amount |
|  | (In thousands) |
Patents (useful life of 3 to 10 years) |  | $ | 24,433 |  | $ | (9,361 | ) | $ | 15,072 |
Customer contracts and contractual relationships (useful life of 1 to 10 years) |  | 4,050 |  | (3,127 | ) | 923 |
Existing technology (useful life of 3 to 7 years) |  | 29,950 |  | (4,959 | ) | 24,991 |
Intellectual property (useful life of 4 years) |  | 10,384 |  | (10,384 | ) | — |
Non-competition agreement (useful life of 3 years) |  | 100 |  | (100 | ) | — |
Total intangible assets |  | $ | 68,917 |  | $ | (27,931 | ) | $ | 40,986 |
Schedule of identified intangible assets assumed in the acquisition of CRI |
|  | Total |  | Estimated Useful Life |
|  | (in thousands) |  | (in years) |
Existing technology |  | $ | 129,400 |  | 7 |
Customer relationships |  | 17,300 |  | 7 |
Favorable contracts |  | 12,200 |  | 2 |
Non-competition agreements |  | 300 |  | 3 |
Total |  | $ | 159,200 |  |  |
Estimated future amortization expense of intangible assets |
Years Ending December 31: |  | Amount |
2011 (remaining 3 months) |  | $ | 8,384 |
2012 |  | 35,167 |
2013 |  | 32,101 |
2014 |  | 27,960 |
2015 |  | 27,309 |
Thereafter |  | 58,442 |
|  | $ | 189,363 |
Schedule of goodwill information by reportable units |
|  | December 31, |  | Addition to |  | September 30, |
Reporting Units: |  | 2010 |  | Goodwill (1) |  | 2011 |
|  | (In thousands) |
SBG |  | $ | 4,454 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 4,454 |
CRI |  | — |  | 96,994 |  | 96,994 |
Lighting and Display Technology group (“LDT”) |  | 13,700 |  | — |  | 13,700 |
Total |  | $ | 18,154 |  | $ | 96,994 |  | $ | 115,148 |
(1) The addition to goodwill resulted from a business combination which was completed on June 3, 2011. See Note 16, “Acquisition” for further details.

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