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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Oct. 02, 2011
Income Taxes [Abstract] 
INCOME TAXES
NOTE 5 — INCOME TAXES
The worldwide effective income tax rates for the fiscal nine months of 2011 and 2010 were 21.5% and 22.6%, respectively. The lower effective tax rate was due to higher income in lower tax jurisdictions and the U.S. Research and Development tax credit, which was not in effect for the fiscal nine months of 2010. Additionally, in 2010 the Company had litigation gains in high tax jurisdictions.