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PURCHASED INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2020
PURCHASED INTANGIBLE ASSETS |
Schedule of changes in the balances of goodwill |
|  | GPS |  | TRC |  | APC |  | Totals
Balances, February 1, 2017 |  | $ | 18,476 |  | $ | 14,365 |  | $ | 2,072 |  | $ | 34,913
Impairment loss |  |  | — |  |  | (584) |  |  | — |  |  | (584)
Balances, January 31, 2018 |  |  | 18,476 |  |  | 13,781 |  |  | 2,072 |  |  | 34,329
Impairment loss |  |  | — |  |  | (1,491) |  |  | — |  |  | (1,491)
Balances, January 31, 2019 |  |  | 18,476 |  |  | 12,290 |  |  | 2,072 |  |  | 32,838
Impairment losses |  |  | — |  |  | (2,823) |  |  | (2,072) |  |  | (4,895)
Balances, January 31, 2020 |  | $ | 18,476 |  | $ | 9,467 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 27,943
Schedule of company's purchased intangible assets, other than goodwill |
|  |  |  | 2020 |  | 2019
|  | Estimated |  | Gross |  | Accumulated |  | Net |  | Net
|  | Useful Life |  | Amounts |  | Amortization |  | Amounts |  | Amounts
Trade names |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
TRC |  | 15 years |  | $ | 4,499 |  | $ | 1,250 |  | $ | 3,249 |  | $ | 3,549
GPS |  | 15 years |  |  | 3,643 |  |  | 3,193 |  |  | 450 |  |  | 694
SMC |  | — |  |  | 181 |  |  | 181 |  |  | — |  |  | 181
Process certifications |  | 7 years |  |  | 1,897 |  |  | 1,129 |  |  | 768 |  |  | 1,039
Customer relationships |  | 4-10 years |  |  | 1,346 |  |  | 812 |  |  | 534 |  |  | 674
Totals |  |  |  | $ | 11,566 |  | $ | 6,565 |  | $ | 5,001 |  | $ | 6,137
Schedule of expected amortization expense | The future amounts of amortization related to purchased intangibles are presented below for the years ending January 31,
2021 |  | $ | 905
2022 |  |  | 870
2023 |  |  | 617
2024 |  |  | 392
2025 |  |  | 391
Thereafter |  |  | 1,826
Total |  | $ | 5,001

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of amortizable finite-lived intangible assets, in total and by major class, including the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, and indefinite-lived intangible assets not subject to amortization, excluding goodwill, in total and by major class. A major class is composed of intangible assets that can be grouped together because they are similar, either by their nature or by their use in the operations of a company. + References No definition available. + Details
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