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Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]  
Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions [Table Text Block]
The Black-Scholes option-pricing model was used to estimate the fair value of equity-based awards with the following weighted-average assumptions for the period ending September 30:
 
 
2018
 
2017
Risk-free interest rate
2.52 - 2.97%
 
2.00 %
Expected volatility
72.0% - 76.0%
 
75.0%
Expected life (years)
6.25
to 10.00
 
6.25 to 10.00
Expected dividend yield
0%
 
0%
Share-based Compensation, Stock Options, Activity [Table Text Block]
The following table summarizes the activity for all stock options outstanding for the nine months ended September 30 under the Plan:
 
 
 
2018
 
 
2017
 
 
 
Shares
 
 
Weighted

Average

Exercise

Price
 
 
Shares
 
 
Weighted

Average

Exercise

Price
 
Options outstanding at beginning of year
 
 
501,603
 
 
$
7.58
 
 
 
302,088
 
 
$
5.91
 
Granted
 
 
41,421
 
 
 
21.85
 
 
 
191,730
 
 
 
8.56
 
Exercised
 
 
(49,700
)
 
 
7.60
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
Forfeited
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
(15,365
)
 
 
3.60
 
Balance at September 30
 
 
493,324
 
 
$
8.75
 
 
 
478,453
 
 
$
7.05
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Options exercisable at September 30:
 
 
265,531
 
 
$
6.83
 
 
 
178,275
 
 
$
5.65
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value for Options Granted During the period:
 
 
 
 
 
$
15.25
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
5.42
 
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested and Expected to Vest, Outstanding and Exercisable [Table Text Block]
The following table summarizes additional information about stock options outstanding and exercisable at September 30, 2018 under the Plan:
 
Options Outstanding
 
 
Options Exercisable
 
Options

Outstanding
 
 
Weighted

Average

Remaining

Contractual

Life
 
 
Weighted

Average

Exercise

Price
 
 
Aggregate

Intrinsic

Value
 
 
Options

Exercisable
 
 
Weighted

Average

Exercise

Price
 
 
Aggregate

Intrinsic

Value
 
 
493,324
 
 
 
7.99
 
 
$
8.75
 
 
$
9,873,199
 
 
 
265,531
 
 
$
6.83
 
 
$
5,823,852
 
Schedule of Unrecognized Compensation Cost, Nonvested Awards [Table Text Block]
Total unrecognized compensation cost related to stock options and restricted stock is estimated to be recognized as follows:
 
2018
 
$
226,782
 
2019
 
 
627,387
 
2020
 
 
385,282
 
2021
 
 
209,986
 
2022
 
 
46,776
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total estimated compensation cost to be recognized
 
$
1,496,213
 
Schedule of Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Table Text Block]
The Company recognized total stock-based compensation, as follows for the three months and nine months ended September 30:
 
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
 
September 30,
 
 
September 30,
 
 
 
2018
 
 
2017
 
 
2018
 
 
2017
 
Stock-based compensation expense in operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Research and development
 
$
217,499
 
 
$
126,600
 
 
$
555,034
 
 
$
420,789
 
General and administrative
 
 
82,777
 
 
 
11,682
 
 
 
358,006
 
 
 
140,308
 
Total
 
$
300,276
 
 
$
138,282
 
 
$
913,040
 
 
$
561,097