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Intangible Assets | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Intangible Assets | 7. INTANGIBLE ASSETS Patent costs, which are included in Other assets in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets, as of December 31 were as follows (in thousands):
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Patent costs |  | $ | 1,992 |  |  | $ | 1,979 |
Accumulated amortization |  |  | (1,483 | ) |  |  | (1,380 | )
|  | $ | 509 |  |  | $ | 599 |
Definite lived intangible assets, such as patent rights, are amortized and tested for impairment if a triggering event occurs. Amortization expense was approximately $108,000, $119,000 and $130,000 in 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The estimated future amortization expense from patent assets held as of December 31, 2019, is projected to be $104,000, $95,000, $63,000, $52,000 and $44,000, in fiscal years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, respectively.

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