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Note 3 - Intangible Assets | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements |
Intangible Assets Disclosure [Text Block] |
3. | Intangible Assets
The following table summarizes information relating to the Company’s definite-lived intangible assets:
|  |  |  |  | March 31, 2017 |  |  | December 31, 2016 |
|  | Useful |  |  | Gross |  |  |  |  |  |  | Net |  |  | Gross |  |  |  |  |  |  | Net |
|  | Lives |  |  | Carrying |  |  | Accumulated |  |  | Carrying |  |  | Carrying |  |  | Accumulated |  |  | Carrying |
|  | (Years) |  |  | Amount |  |  | Amortization |  |  | Amount |  |  | Amount |  |  | Amortization |  |  | Amount |
Intangibles (amount in thousands) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Patent |  |  | 3 | - | 17 |  |  | $ | 586 |  |  |  | (282 | ) |  | $ | 304 |  |  | $ | 577 |  |  | $ | (274 | ) |  | $ | 303 |
Software |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  |  | 405 |  |  |  | (388 | ) |  |  | 17 |  |  |  | 405 |  |  |  | (383 | ) |  |  | 22 |
Customer relationships |  |  |  | 12 |  |  |  |  | 3,370 |  |  |  | (2,042 | ) |  |  | 1,328 |  |  |  | 3,370 |  |  |  | (1,974 | ) |  |  | 1,396 |
Permit |  |  |  | 10 |  |  |  |  | 545 |  |  |  | (441 | ) |  |  | 104 |  |  |  | 545 |  |  |  | (428 | ) |  |  | 117 |
Total |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 4,906 |  |  | $ | (3,153 | ) |  | $ | 1,753 |  |  | $ | 4,897 |  |  | $ | (3,059 | ) |  | $ | 1,838 |
The intangible assets noted above are amortized on a straight-line basis over their useful lives with the exception of customer relationships which are being amortized using an accelerated method. The Company has only one definite-lived permit that is subject to amortization. The following table summarizes the expected amortization over the next five years for our definite-lived intangible assets (including the one definite-lived permit):
|  | Amount |
Year |  | (In thousands) |
2017 (remaining) |  | $ | 278 |
2018 |  |  | 337 |
2019 |  |  | 254 |
2020 |  |  | 218 |
2021 |  |  | 198 |
Amortization expenses relating to the definite-lived intangible assets as discussed above were $94,000 and $101,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

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