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Composition Of Certain Financial Statement Captions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 26, 2025
Composition Of Certain Financial Statement Captions [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Accounts Receivable |
Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets, net | September 26, 2025 |  | September 27, 2024
Trade accounts receivable | $ | 186,221 |  |  | $ | 170,574 |
Accounts receivable from patent administration program licensees | 152,096 |  |  | 150,252 |
Contract assets | 180,905 |  |  | 197,584 |
Accounts receivable and contract assets, gross | 519,222 |  |  | 518,410 |
Less: allowance for credit losses on accounts receivable and contract assets | (7,322) |  |  | (5,467) |
Total accounts receivable and contract assets, net | $ | 511,900 |  |  | $ | 512,943 |
Schedule Of Allowance For Doubtful Accounts |
Allowance for Credit Losses | Beginning Balance | Charges/(Credits) to S&M and G&A | Deductions | Ending Balance
For fiscal year ended: |  |  |  |
September 29, 2023 | $ | 14,405 |  | $ | (793) |  | $ | (2,643) |  | $ | 10,969 |
September 27, 2024 | 10,969 |  | (2,256) |  | (1,877) |  | 6,836 |
September 26, 2025 | 6,836 |  | 2,434 |  | (988) |  | 8,282 |
Schedule Of Inventories | Inventories
| September 26, 2025 |  | September 27, 2024
Raw materials | $ | 4,254 |  |  | $ | 3,079 |
Work in process | 4,187 |  |  | 4,791 |
Finished goods | 21,983 |  |  | 25,858 |
Total inventories | $ | 30,424 |  |  | $ | 33,728 |
Schedule Of Prepaid Expenses And Other Current Assets |
| September 26, 2025 |  | September 27, 2024
Prepaid expenses | $ | 28,006 |  |  | $ | 29,745 |
Other current assets | 23,867 |  |  | 40,249 |
Total prepaid expenses and other current assets | $ | 51,873 |  |  | $ | 69,994 |
Other current assets included certain assets held for sale initially valued at $18.2 million as of September 27, 2024, and the estimated fair value of the assets was subsequently increased by $6.3 million for a total value of $24.5 million. During fiscal 2025, we sold $15.8 million of the assets classified as held for sale, and the remaining assets no longer met the criteria for held for sale, and as such, we reclassified $8.7 million in assets held for sale to short-term and long-term investments. Refer to Note 15 "Business Combinations" for more information.
Schedule Of Accrued Liabilities |
| September 26, 2025 |  | September 27, 2024
Amounts payable to patent administration program partners | $ | 166,315 |  |  | $ | 156,472 |
Accrued compensation and benefits | 106,579 |  |  | 97,179 |
Accrued professional fees | 21,165 |  |  | 16,568 |
Unpaid property, plant, and equipment additions | 3,439 |  |  | 17,055 |
Accrued customer refunds | 4,218 |  |  | 2,988 |
Accrued market development funds | 2,578 |  |  | 2,522 |
Other accrued liabilities | 64,962 |  |  | 54,745 |
Total accrued liabilities | $ | 369,256 |  |  | $ | 347,529 |
Schedule Of Other Non-Current Liabilities |
| September 26, 2025 |  | September 27, 2024
Supplemental retirement plan obligations | $ | 5,315 |  |  | $ | 4,946 |
Non-current tax liabilities (1) | 46,159 |  |  | 78,355 |
Other liabilities | 48,369 |  |  | 52,551 |
Total other non-current liabilities | $ | 99,843 |  |  | $ | 135,852 |

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