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Commitments and Contingencies
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies
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Commitments and Contingencies

In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Topic 450, Contingencies, the Company accrues anticipated costs of settlement, damages or other costs to the extent specific losses are probable and reasonably estimable.

Litigation and Related Contingencies

Lawsuits, claims and proceedings of a nature considered normal to its businesses may be pending from time to time against the Company. Third parties might allege that the Company or its collaborators are infringing their patent rights or that the Company is otherwise violating their intellectual property rights. The Company believes the outcome of pending proceedings, individually and in the aggregate, will not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

On September 25, 2019, in a complaint filed in the District Court of Düsseldorf, Germany, Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH, a subsidiary of Carl Zeiss AG (“Zeiss”), sued Luxendo GmbH (“Luxendo”), a subsidiary of Bruker Corporation, for infringement of a registered German utility model patent licensed to Zeiss pertaining to one specific Luxendo product category. Luxendo defended against these claims and, on December 14, 2021, obtained a decision by the German Patent and Trademark Office canceling the utility model. Zeiss' appeal against the cancellation was unsuccessful and, on December 19, 2022, Zeiss withdrew its complaint.

A parallel European patent application, from which the utility model was derived, is pending in the European Patent Office (“EPO”). Luxendo filed third-party observations in the proceedings concerning the grant of the patent application. On March 25, 2022, the EPO communicated to the applicant that Luxendo's observations had merit and confirmed its position on October 14, 2022. A hearing regarding the EPO's concerns about patentability is scheduled for the second quarter of 2023. Luxendo is presently unable to predict the outcome of the EPO's evaluation of the patent application.

In addition, the Company is subject to regulation by national, state and local government agencies in the United States and other countries in which the Company operates. From time to time, the Company is the subject of governmental investigations often involving regulatory, marketing and other business practices. These governmental investigations may result in the commencement of civil and criminal proceedings, fines, penalties and administrative remedies which could have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial position, results of operations and/or liquidity.

As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company has not recorded any material accruals for potential contingencies.