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Intangible Assets, Net and Goodwill (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Summary Of Identifiable Intangible Assets | The following table summarizes the Company’s identifiable intangible assets balance (in thousands):
| September 30, 2015 |  | December 31, 2014 |  | September 30, 2014
Intangible assets subject to amortization: |  |  |  |  |
Patents and purchased technology | $ | 14,198 |  |  | $ | 14,198 |  |  | $ | 14,198 |
Customer relationships | 23,000 |  |  | 23,000 |  |  | 23,000 |
Order backlog | — |  |  | — |  |  | 3,500 |
Gross carrying amount | 37,198 |  |  | 37,198 |  |  | 40,698 |
Accumulated amortization: |  |  |  |  |
Patents and purchased technology | (7,659 | ) |  | (6,661 | ) |  | (6,329 | )
Customer relationships | (5,089 | ) |  | (2,227 | ) |  | (1,272 | )
Order backlog | — |  |  | — |  |  | (2,334 | )
Total accumulated amortization | (12,748 | ) |  | (8,888 | ) |  | (9,935 | )
Net carrying amount | 24,450 |  |  | 28,310 |  |  | 30,763 |
Intangible assets not subject to amortization | 115,421 |  |  | 115,421 |  |  | 115,421 |
Intangible assets, net | $ | 139,871 |  |  | $ | 143,731 |  |  | $ | 146,184 |
Schedule of finite lived intangible assets future amortization expense | Annual amortization expense is estimated to be as follows for the years 2015-2019 (in thousands):
2015 | $ | 5,147 |
2016 | 5,147 |
2017 | 3,883 |
2018 | 2,980 |
2019 | 2,980 |

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