Commitments and Contingencies

12 Months Ended

Sep. 27, 2019

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Operating Leases—We have non-cancelable operating lease agreements for office, research and development and manufacturing space in the United States and foreign locations. We also have operating leases for certain equipment and services in the United States and foreign jurisdictions. These lease agreements expire at various dates through 2029, and certain agreements contain provisions for extension at substantially the same terms as currently in effect. Lease escalation clauses, rent abatements and/or concessions, such as rent holidays and landlord or tenant incentives or allowances, are typically included in the determination of straight-line rent expense over the lease term.

Future minimum lease payments for the next five fiscal years as of September 27, 2019, are as follows (in thousands):



Fiscal year ending:	Amount
2020	$	9,987
2021	9,233
2022	7,447
2023	6,061
2024	5,564
Thereafter	16,437
Total minimum lease payments	$	54,729

Rent expense incurred under non-cancelable operating leases was $9.7 million, $9.5 million and $10.9 million in fiscal years 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Asset Retirement Obligations—We are obligated under certain facility leases to restore those facilities to the condition in which we or our predecessors first occupied the facilities. We are required to remove leasehold improvements and equipment installed in these facilities prior to termination of the leases. As of the end of fiscal years 2019 and 2018, the estimated costs for the removal of these assets are recorded as asset retirement obligations in other long-term liabilities were $1.8 million and $1.8 million, respectively.

Purchase Commitments—As of September 27, 2019, we had outstanding non-cancelable purchase commitments aggregating to $40.6 million primarily for purchases of capital equipment, services and inventory supply arrangements.

Litigation—From time to time we may be subject to commercial disputes, employment issues, claims by other companies in the industry that we have infringed their intellectual property rights and other similar claims and litigations. Any such claims may lead to future litigation and material damages and defense costs. We were not involved in any material pending legal proceedings during the year ended September 27, 2019.