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Other Intangible Assets (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2012
Other Intangible Assets [Abstract] |
Schedule of Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets by Major Class [Table Text Block] | Other intangible assets are as follows:
|  | June 30, 2012 |  |  | December 31, 2011 |
Intangible Assets Subject to Amortization |  |  |  |  |  |
(Definite-lived): |  |  |  |  |  |
Patents and acquired technology |  | $ | 113,938 |  |  | $ | 111,428 |
Capitalized software |  |  | 54,216 |  |  |  | 53,721 |
Customer relationships |  |  | 97,352 |  |  |  | 57,723 |
Tradenames |  |  | 36,428 |  |  |  | 36,762 |
Non-competition agreements |  |  | 1,700 |  |  |  | 1,000 |
|  |  | 303,634 |  |  |  | 260,634 |
Accumulated amortization: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Patents and acquired technology |  |  | (90,026 | ) |  |  | (89,379 | )
Capitalized software |  |  | (49,214 | ) |  |  | (47,836 | )
Customer relationships |  |  | (29,604 | ) |  |  | (26,174 | )
Tradenames |  |  | (15,159 | ) |  |  | (13,615 | )
Non-competition agreements |  |  | (252 | ) |  |  | (62 | )
|  |  | (184,255 | ) |  |  | (177,066 | )
Net Intangible Assets Subject to Amortization |  |  | 119,379 |  |  |  | 83,568 |
Intangible Assets Not Subject to Amortization |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(Indefinite-lived): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tradenames |  |  | 20,359 |  |  |  | 20,359 |
|  | $ | 139,738 |  |  | $ | 103,927 |
Estimated annual amortization expense for each of the next five years | Estimated annual amortization expense of intangible assets (excluding capitalized software) on the balance sheet at June 30, 2012 for the full year 2012 and each of the next four years is as follows:
2012 |  | $ | 15,213 |
2013 |  |  | 15,272 |
2014 |  |  | 15,152 |
2015 |  |  | 15,085 |
2016 |  |  | 13,413 |

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