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Note 5. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |
Intangible Assets Disclosure [Text Block] | Adient's other intangible assets, primarily from business acquisitions valued based on independent appraisals, consisted of:
|  | September 30, 2017 |  | September 30, 2016
(in millions) |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net
Intangible assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Patented technology |  | $ | 30 |  |  | $ | (15 | ) |  | $ | 15 |  |  | $ | 28 |  |  | $ | (13 | ) |  | $ | 15 |
Customer relationships |  | 545 |  |  | (64 | ) |  | 481 |  |  | 100 |  |  | (48 | ) |  | 52 |
Trademarks |  | 59 |  |  | (26 | ) |  | 33 |  |  | 56 |  |  | (19 | ) |  | 37 |
Miscellaneous |  | 22 |  |  | (8 | ) |  | 14 |  |  | 15 |  |  | (6 | ) |  | 9 |
Total intangible assets |  | $ | 656 |  |  | $ | (113 | ) |  | $ | 543 |  |  | $ | 199 |  |  | $ | (86 | ) |  | $ | 113 |

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