Intangible Assets Intangible Assets

6 Months Ended

Jul. 02, 2016

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Intangible assets, net, consist of the following (in thousands):



	July 2, 2016			January 2, 2016
Patents	$	18,931		$	21,619
Customer relationships	7,669			7,669
Licenses⁽¹⁾	7,500			—
Acquired technology	5,580			5,580
Trademarks	3,681			3,944
Capitalized software development costs	2,539			2,539
Other	2,529			2,541
Total intangible assets	48,429			43,892
Accumulated amortization	(20,165		)	(16,336		)
Intangible assets, net	$	28,264		$	27,556


⁽¹⁾	As a result of the deconsolidation of the Company’s prior VIE, Cercacor, $7.5 million of licenses that were previously eliminated in consolidation are now included as part of the Company’s intangible assets at July 2, 2016.

Total amortization expense for the six months ended July 2, 2016 and July 4, 2015 was $1.8 million and $2.4 million, respectively. All of these intangible assets have a 10 year weighted average amortization period.

Estimated amortization expense for future fiscal years is as follows (in thousands):



Fiscal year	Amount
2016 (balance of year)	$	4,099
2017	3,791
2018	3,554
2019	3,156
2020	2,849
Thereafter	10,815
Total	$	28,264