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Patents and other intangible assets | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Goodwill And Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Patents and other intangible assets |
4. | Patents and other intangible assets
Patents and other intangible assets are recorded at cost, or when acquired as a part of a business combination at estimated fair value. These assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over the useful lives of the assets. The Company’s weighted average amortization period for developed technologies is 11 years.
|  | December 31, |
(U.S. Dollars, in thousands) |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Cost |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Patents |  | $ | 38,348 |  |  | $ | 36,847 |
License and other |  |  | 7,611 |  |  |  | 5,357 |
Trademarks—finite lived |  |  | 319 |  |  |  | 120 |
|  |  | 46,278 |  |  |  | 42,324 |
Accumulated amortization |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Patents |  |  | (34,717 | ) |  |  | (33,297 | )
License and other |  |  | (3,962 | ) |  |  | (3,605 | )
Trademarks—finite lived |  |  | (138 | ) |  |  | (120 | )
|  |  | (38,817 | ) |  |  | (37,022 | )
|  | $ | 7,461 |  |  | $ | 5,302 |
Amortization expense for intangible assets was $1.8 million, $1.7 million and $2.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Future amortization expense for intangible assets is estimated as follows:
(U.S. Dollars, in thousands) |  | Amortization |
2017 |  | $ | 1,524 |
2018 |  |  | 886 |
2019 |  |  | 736 |
2020 |  |  | 785 |
2021 |  |  | 743 |
Thereafter |  |  | 2,787 |
|  | $ | 7,461 |

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