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To determine the estimated warranty reserve, the Company utilizes actual service records to calculate the average service expense per system and applies this to the equivalent number of units exposed under warranty. The Company updates these estimated charges every quarter.</div><div><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; text-align: left;">The following table provides the changes in the product warranty accrual for the six-month period ended June 30, 2013 <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; font-style: italic;">(in thousands)</font>:</div><div><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; width: 100%;"><tr><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 2px;"><div> </div></td><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 2px;"> </td><td colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: #000000 2px solid;"><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">Amount</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 2px; text-align: left;"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 88%; background-color: #cceeff;"><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; text-align: left; margin-left: 16.2pt; text-indent: -16.2pt;">Beginning Balance – December 31, 2012</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%; background-color: #cceeff;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; width: 1%; background-color: #cceeff;"><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif;">$</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; width: 9%; background-color: #cceeff;"><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif;">1,212</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; width: 1%; background-color: #cceeff;"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 88%; background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; text-align: left; margin-left: 25.2pt; text-indent: -16.2pt;">Add: Accruals for warranties issued during the period</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%; background-color: #ffffff;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; width: 1%; background-color: #ffffff;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; width: 9%; background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif;">1,712</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; width: 1%; background-color: #ffffff;"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 2px; width: 88%; background-color: #cceeff;"><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; text-align: left; margin-left: 25.2pt; text-indent: -16.2pt;">Less: Settlements made during the period</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 2px; width: 1%; background-color: #cceeff;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; width: 1%; background-color: #cceeff;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: right; width: 9%; background-color: #cceeff;"><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif;">(1,875</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 2px; text-align: left; width: 1%; background-color: #cceeff;"><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif;">)</div></td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 4px; width: 88%; background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; text-align: left; margin-left: 16.2pt; text-indent: -16.2pt;">Ending Balance –June 30, 2013</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 4px; width: 1%; background-color: #ffffff;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: #000000 4px double; text-align: left; width: 1%; background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif;">$</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: #000000 4px double; text-align: right; width: 9%; background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif;">1,049</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 4px; text-align: left; width: 1%; background-color: #ffffff;"> </td></tr></table></div>falsefalsefalse | nonnum:textBlockItemTypenaThe entire disclosure for standard and extended product warranties and other product guarantee contracts, including a tabular reconciliation of the changes in the guarantor's aggregate product warranty liability for the reporting period.Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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