INTANGIBLES AND OTHER ASSETS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012




	Estimated Useful Life
Intellectual property	10 years
Patents	life of patent
Intangibles—acquired technology	7 – 15 years
Intangibles—third party payor relationships	Indefinite
Intangibles—customer relationships	5 years
Intangibles—covenants not to compete	3 years
Intangibles—tradenames and trademarks	7 years

Long-lived intangible assets and other assets consisted of the following:



	Dollars in Thousands
	September 30, 2012						December 31, 2011
	Cost		Accumulated Amortization		Net Book Value		Cost		Accumulated Amortization		Net Book Value
Intangibles—acquired technology	$	9,100	$	1,594	$	7,506	$	6,535	$	911	$	5,624
Intangibles—assay royalties	1,434		359		1,075		1,434		205		1,229
Intangibles—third party payor relationships	367		—		367		367		—		367
Intangibles—tradenames and trademarks	842		86		756		344		49		295
Intangibles—customer relationships	695		—		695		—		—		—
Intangibles—covenants not to compete	277		—		277		—		—		—
Patents	915		266		649		703		267		436
Intellectual property	170		10		160		20		5		15
	$	13,800	$	2,315	$	11,485	$	9,403	$	1,437	$	7,966

The following intangible assets were each valued separately using valuation approaches most appropriate for each specific asset.



Intangibles—acquired technology	Relief from Royalty Method
Intangibles—tradenames	Relief from Royalty Method
Intangibles—customer relationships	Multi-Period Excess Earnings Method
Intangibles—covenants not to compete	With and Without Method
Patents	Relief from Royalty Method