Composition Of Certain Financial Statement Captions (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 25, 2015

Composition Of Certain Financial Statement Captions [Abstract]

Schedule Of Accounts Receivable

Accounts Receivable, Net	September 25, 2015			September 26, 2014
Trade accounts receivable	$	94,559		$	78,189
Accounts receivable from patent administration program customers	8,546			9,594
Accounts receivable, gross	103,105			87,783
Less: allowance for doubtful accounts	(1,542		)	(1,615		)
Total	$	101,563		$	86,168

Schedule Of Allowance For Doubtful Accounts

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts	Balance at Beginning of Fiscal Year		Charged to Operations			Deductions			Balance at End of Fiscal Year
For fiscal year ended:
September 27, 2013	$	956	$	(174	)	$	(268	)	$	514
September 26, 2014	514		1,119			(18		)	1,615
September 25, 2015	1,615		33			(106		)	1,542

Schedule Of Inventories

Inventories

Inventories	September 25, 2015		September 26, 2014
Raw materials	$	3,246	$	1,013
Work in process	3,279		47
Finished goods	7,347		7,476
Total	$	13,872	$	8,536

Schedule Of Prepaid Expenses And Other Current Assets

Prepaid Expenses And Other Current Assets	September 25, 2015		September 26, 2014
Prepaid expenses	$	13,680	$	11,665
Other current assets	7,525		7,152
Income tax receivable	10,826		4,063
Total	$	32,031	$	22,880

Schedule Of Accrued Liabilities

Accrued Liabilities	September 25, 2015		September 26, 2014
Accrued royalties	$	1,951	$	2,526
Amounts payable to patent administration program partners	40,466		43,438
Accrued compensation and benefits	70,317		71,677
Accrued professional fees	6,523		6,162
Other accrued liabilities	50,050		34,573
Total	$	169,307	$	158,376

Schedule Of Other Non-Current Liabilities

Other Non-Current Liabilities	September 25, 2015		September 26, 2014
Supplemental retirement plan obligations	$	2,400	$	2,409
Non-current tax liabilities	62,843		30,715
Other liabilities	11,781		10,591
Total	$	77,024	$	43,715