Intangible Assets, Goodwill and Other

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Intangible Assets, Goodwill and Other

Intangible Assets Disclosure [Text Block]

Intangible assets as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 consisted of the following:  

	Estimated	As of December 31,
	useful lives	2011	2010
Tradename	7 years	$                    435	$        435
Patents and Technological Know-how	10 years	2,070	2,070
Proprietary Software	3 to 5 years	394	215
In-process Research and Development	Indefinite	559	400
Other	5	49	49
		3,507	3,169
Accumulated Amortization		(817)	(424)
		$                 2,690	$     2,745

During the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, amortization of intangible assets were $393 and $350, respectively.

The estimated future amortization expense of intangible assets is as follows:

Years ending December 31,
	$     345
2013	307
2014	305
2015	305
2016	282
Thereafter	587
	$  2,131