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Other Current Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2012
Other Current Assets [Abstract] |
Schedule of Other Current Assets [Table Text Block] | Other current assets at October 31, 2012 and 2011 consisted of the following:
|  | 2012 |  | 2011
Advance payments to vendors (1) |  | $ | 2,261 |  |  | $ | 4,378 |
Interest receivable (2) |  | — |  |  | 48 |
Notes receivable (3) |  | 475 |  |  | 804 |
Prepaid expenses and other (4) |  | 1,991 |  |  | 2,236 |
Total |  | $ | 4,727 |  |  | $ | 7,466 |
(1) | Advance payments to vendors relate to inventory purchases.
(2) | Interest receivable relates to amounts due on investments in U.S. Treasury securities.
(3) | Current portion of long-term notes receivable.
(4) | Primarily relates to other accounts receivable related to POSCO royalties and other prepaid vendor expenses including insurance, rent and lease payments.

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