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Luminex Corp – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/12 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Friday, 2/22/13, at 11:16am ET   ·   For:  12/31/12   ·   Accession #:  1033905-13-20   ·   File #:  0-30109

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 2/22/13  Luminex Corp                      10-K       12/31/12   89:15M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   1.21M 
 2: EX-10.46    Material Contract                                   HTML     48K 
 3: EX-10.47    Material Contract                                   HTML     51K 
 4: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     22K 
 5: EX-23.1     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     25K 
 6: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 7: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 8: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 9: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
61: R1          Document And Entity Information                     HTML     52K 
48: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    140K 
59: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     52K 
63: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML    115K 
82: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    137K 
50: R6          Consolidated Statements of Changes in               HTML    100K 
                Stockholders' Equity                                             
58: R7          Description of Business and Summary of Significant  HTML    114K 
                Accounting Policies                                              
44: R8          Business Combinations                               HTML     96K 
34: R9          Investments                                         HTML     85K 
83: R10         Accounts Receivable and Reserves                    HTML     44K 
65: R11         Inventory, Net                                      HTML     36K 
64: R12         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     78K 
70: R13         Property and Equipment                              HTML     44K 
71: R14         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML    154K 
68: R15         Other Assets                                        HTML     42K 
72: R16         Accrued Warranty Costs                              HTML     35K 
60: R17         Income Taxes                                        HTML    169K 
62: R18         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     46K 
67: R19         Net Income Per Share                                HTML     50K 
89: R20         Stockholders Equity and Comprehensive Income        HTML     39K 
78: R21         Employee Benefit Plans and Stock-Based              HTML    207K 
                Compensation                                                     
54: R22         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     43K 
66: R23         Guarantees                                          HTML     26K 
56: R24         Segment and Geographic Information                  HTML    108K 
26: R25         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     26K 
79: R26         Recent Accounting Pronouncements                    HTML     35K 
86: R27         Selected Quarterly Results (Unaudited)              HTML     67K 
39: R28         Description of Business and Summary of Significant  HTML    199K 
                Accounting Policies (Policies)                                   
38: R29         Description of Business and Summary of Significant  HTML     54K 
                Accounting Policies (Tables)                                     
42: R30         Business Combinations (Tables)                      HTML     69K 
43: R31         Investments (Tables)                                HTML     85K 
45: R32         Accounts Receivable and Reserves (Tables)           HTML     43K 
23: R33         Inventory, Net (Tables)                             HTML     32K 
76: R34         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     71K 
52: R35         Property and Equipment (Tables)                     HTML     42K 
55: R36         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML    148K 
29: R37         Other Assets (Tables)                               HTML     35K 
88: R38         Accrued Warranty Costs (Tables)                     HTML     34K 
16: R39         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    157K 
46: R40         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     35K 
81: R41         Net Income Per Share (Tables)                       HTML     46K 
28: R42         Employee Benefit Plans and Stock-Based              HTML    152K 
                Compensation (Tables)                                            
37: R43         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     31K 
41: R44         Segment and Geographic Information (Tables)         HTML    103K 
49: R45         Selected Quarterly Results (Tables)                 HTML     64K 
22: R46         Description of Business and Summary of Significant  HTML     75K 
                Accounting Policies (Details)                                    
33: R47         Description of Business and Summary of Significant  HTML     72K 
                Accounting Policies (Details 2)                                  
18: R48         Business Combinations (Details)                     HTML    161K 
80: R49         Investments (Details)                               HTML     70K 
27: R50         Accounts Receivable and Reserves (Details)          HTML     42K 
77: R51         Inventory, Net (Details)                            HTML     38K 
30: R52         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     37K 
47: R53         Fair Value Measurements (Details 2)                 HTML     37K 
17: R54         Property and Equipment (Details)                    HTML     46K 
21: R55         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details)      HTML     82K 
40: R56         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details 2)    HTML    105K 
24: R57         Other Assets (Details)                              HTML     64K 
84: R58         Accrued Warranty Costs (Details)                    HTML     33K 
51: R59         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML    270K 
69: R60         Long-Term Debt (Details)                            HTML     92K 
32: R61         Net Income Per Share (Details)                      HTML     72K 
35: R62         Stockholders Equity and Comprehensive Income        HTML     31K 
                (Details)                                                        
75: R63         Employee Benefit Plans and Stock Based              HTML    101K 
                Compensation (Details)                                           
73: R64         Employee Benefit Plans and Stock-Based              HTML    182K 
                Compensation (Details 2)                                         
53: R65         Employee Benefit Plans and Stock-Based              HTML     69K 
                Compensation (Details 3)                                         
74: R66         Employee Benefit Plans and Stock-Based              HTML     40K 
                Compensation (Details 4)                                         
31: R67         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     59K 
57: R68         Segment and Geographic Information (Details)        HTML     49K 
85: R69         Segment and Geographic Information (Details 2)      HTML     64K 
20: R70         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     24K 
25: R71         Selected Quarterly Results (Details)                HTML     53K 
87: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    135K 
36: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports (.xls)            XLS   2.41M 
10: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- lmnx-20121231                       XML   3.54M 
12: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- lmnx-20121231_cal               XML    219K 
13: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- lmnx-20121231_def                XML    668K 
14: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- lmnx-20121231_lab                     XML   2.18M 
15: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- lmnx-20121231_pre              XML   1.16M 
11: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- lmnx-20121231                         XSD    211K 
19: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001033905-13-000020-xbrl      Zip    321K 


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