Intangible Assets

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Intangible Assets

Note 2 – Intangible Assets

The Company accounts for intangible assets in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 350, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,” (“FASB ASC 350”), which requires that intangibles with indefinite useful lives be tested annually for impairment and those with finite useful lives be amortized over their useful lives.

Details of the Company’s intangible assets are as follows:

	June 30, 2018				December 31, 2017
	Gross Carrying		Accumulated		Gross Carrying		Accumulated
(In thousands)	Amount		Amortization		Amount		Amortization
Assets eligible for amortization:
Customer lists	$	4,288	$	(2,887)	$	4,288	$	(2,702)
Patents		72		(14)		72		(12)
Non-compete agreements		332		(308)		332		(291)
Software		234		(234)		234		(234)
Other		500		(208)		500		(191)
Unamortized intangible assets:
Goodwill1		12,796		(227)		12,796		(227)
Total intangible assets	$	18,222	$	(3,878)	$	18,222	$	(3,657)

¹Amortization through December 31, 2001 prior to adoption of FASB ASC 350.

The customer lists are amortized over seven and ten years; the patents over 18 years; the non-compete agreements over two and five years; software over three years; and other intangible assets over 15 years. Amortization of intangible assets amounted to $221,000 and $207,000 for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Estimated annual amortization of intangibles is as follows: $442,000 in 2018, $412,000 in 2019, $406,000 in each of 2020 and 2021, and $88,000 in 2022.