Note 8: Intangibles

For the year ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, intangible assets, net, consisted of $62.0 and $3.0 million, respectively, related to our acquisitions and patent portfolio. The gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization of our finite-lived intangibles were as follows for the year ended December 31, 2011 (in thousands):


	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net Carrying Amount		Weighted Average Useful Life
Intangible assets from Vocollect Acquisition:
Developed technology	$	40,200	$	9,416	$	30,784	5 years
In-process research and development		1,900		-		1,900	7 years
Customer relationships		17,600		623		16,977	11 years
Trademarks		5,200		303		4,897	10 years
Lease agreements		2,600		245		2,355	8 years
Total intangible assets from Vocollect Acquisition:		67,500		10,587		56,913

Other intangibles		14,459		9,376		5,083	5 years

Total	$	81,959	$	19,963	$	61,996

The following table indicates the change in our intangible assets, net, during the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 (in thousands):


	Year Ended December 31,
	2011			2010
Beginning balance	$	3,031		$	2,587
Additions		70,831			1,370
Amortization		(11,866	)		(886	)
Sales		-			(40	)

Ending balance	$	61,996		$	3,031

Amortization expense on intangible assets was $11.8, $0.8 and $1.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

Estimated amortization expense for the succeeding five fiscal years is as follows (in thousands):


Year	Amount
2012	$	18,558
2013		16,367
2014		8,865
2015		6,005
2016		3,482

Total	$	53,277