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Intangible Assets, Net and Goodwill (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2018
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Summary Of Identifiable Intangible Assets | The following table summarizes the Company's identifiable intangible assets (in thousands):
| June 30, 2018 |  | December 31, 2017 |  | June 30, 2017
Intangible assets subject to amortization: |  |  |  |  |
Patents and purchased technology | $ | 14,198 |  |  | $ | 14,198 |  |  | $ | 14,198 |
Customer relationships | 23,000 |  |  | 23,000 |  |  | 23,000 |
Gross carrying amount | 37,198 |  |  | 37,198 |  |  | 37,198 |
Accumulated amortization: |  |  |  |  |
Patents and purchased technology | (11,316 | ) |  | (10,651 | ) |  | (9,986 | )
Customer relationships | (13,238 | ) |  | (12,413 | ) |  | (11,588 | )
Total accumulated amortization | (24,554 | ) |  | (23,064 | ) |  | (21,574 | )
Net carrying amount | 12,644 |  |  | 14,134 |  |  | 15,624 |
Intangible assets not subject to amortization | 115,421 |  |  | 115,421 |  |  | 115,421 |
Intangible assets, net | $ | 128,065 |  |  | $ | 129,555 |  |  | $ | 131,045 |
Schedule of finite lived intangible assets future amortization expense | Annual amortization expense is estimated to be as follows for the years 2018 through 2022 (in thousands):
2018 | $ | 2,980 |
2019 | 2,980 |
2020 | 2,537 |
2021 | 1,650 |
2022 | 1,650 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of amortizable intangibles assets, including the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization and 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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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the amount of amortization expense expected to be recorded in succeeding fiscal years for finite-lived intangible assets. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66006027&loc=d3e16323-109275 + Details
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