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Quarterly Operating Results (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Quarterly Financial Information [Table Text Block] |
2015 | First quarter |  | Second quarter |  | Third quarter |  | Fourth quarter |  | Total year
Net sales | $ | 2,265 |  | $ | 2,343 |  | $ | 2,272 |  | $ | 2,231 |  | $ | 9,111
Gross margin | $ | 929 |  | $ | 975 |  | $ | 892 |  | $ | 857 |  | $ | 3,653
Equity in earnings of affiliated companies | $ | 94 |  | $ | 62 |  | $ | 39 |  | $ | 104 |  | $ | 299
(Provision) benefit for income taxes | $ | (86) |  | $ | (110) |  | $ | (6) |  | $ | 55 |  | $ | (147)
Net income attributable to Corning Incorporated | $ | 407 |  | $ | 496 |  | $ | 212 |  | $ | 224 |  | $ | 1,339
Basic earnings per common share | $ | 0.30 |  | $ | 0.38 |  | $ | 0.16 |  | $ | 0.17 |  | $ | 1.02
Diluted earnings per common share | $ | 0.29 |  | $ | 0.36 |  | $ | 0.15 |  | $ | 0.17 |  | $ | 1.00
2014 | First quarter |  | Second quarter |  | Third quarter |  | Fourth quarter |  | Total year
Net sales | $ | 2,289 |  | $ | 2,482 |  | $ | 2,540 |  | $ | 2,404 |  | $ | 9,715
Gross margin | $ | 935 |  | $ | 1,032 |  | $ | 1,089 |  | $ | 996 |  | $ | 4,052
Restructuring, impairment and other charges | $ | 17 |  | $ | 34 |  |  |  |  | $ | 20 |  | $ | 71
Equity in earnings of affiliated companies | $ | 86 |  | $ | 62 |  | $ | 95 |  | $ | 23 |  | $ | 266
Provision for income taxes | $ | (180) |  | $ | (172) |  | $ | (395) |  | $ | (349) |  | $ | (1,096)
Net income attributable to Corning Incorporated | $ | 301 |  | $ | 169 |  | $ | 1,014 |  | $ | 988 |  | $ | 2,472
Basic earnings per common share | $ | 0.21 |  | $ | 0.11 |  | $ | 0.77 |  | $ | 0.76 |  | $ | 1.82
Diluted earnings per common share | $ | 0.20 |  | $ | 0.11 |  | $ | 0.72 |  | $ | 0.70 |  | $ | 1.73

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the quarterly financial data in the annual financial statements. The disclosure includes financial information for each fiscal quarter for the current and previous year, including revenues, gross profit, income (loss) before extraordinary items and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle and earnings per share data. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 270 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a)-(j) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51825399&loc=d3e1280-108306 + Details
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