Intangible Assets Intangible Assets

9 Months Ended

Oct. 01, 2016

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

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



	October 1, 2016			January 2, 2016
Patents	$	19,449		$	21,619
Customer relationships	7,669			7,669
Licenses⁽¹⁾	7,500			—
Acquired technology	5,580			5,580
Trademarks	3,733			3,944
Capitalized software development costs	2,539			2,539
Other	4,444			2,541
Total intangible assets	50,914			43,892
Accumulated amortization	(21,098		)	(16,336		)
Intangible assets, net	$	29,816		$	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 October 1, 2016.

Total amortization expense for the nine months ended October 1, 2016 and October 3, 2015 was $2.8 million and $3.3 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)	$	4,424
2017	4,096
2018	3,842
2019	3,479
2020	3,123
Thereafter	10,852
Total	$	29,816