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Commitments and Contingencies (Details 3) | 1 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |  |  |  |
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Mar. 31, 2011 Breach of fiduciary duties | Dec. 31, 2011 Breach of fiduciary duties | Dec. 31, 2013 Breach of fiduciary duties | Feb. 22, 2012 E-Contact Technologies, LLC item | Jul. 31, 2009 Technology Development and Licensing, LLC item | Oct. 02, 2013 Caltech item
Commitment and Contingencies |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries against which lawsuit was filed |  |  |  | 2 |  | 2
Number of reexamination petitions pending before the United States Patents and Trademark Office |  |  |  |  | 2 |
Stock option grants attempted (in shares) | 1,500,000 |  |  |  |  |
Stock option grants (in shares) |  | 800,000 |  |  |  |
Stock options outstanding (in shares) |  |  | 800,000 |  |  |

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