Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2015

Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign [Table Text Block]

The components of loss from continuing operations before income taxes for the years ended October 31, 2015, 2014, and 2013 were as follows (in thousands):



	2015			2014			2013
U.S.	$	(26,459	)	$	(35,167	)	$	(31,044	)
Foreign	(2,951		)	(3,228		)	(3,904		)
Loss before income taxes	$	(29,410	)	$	(38,395	)	$	(34,948	)

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

The reconciliation of the federal statutory income tax rate to our effective income tax rate for the years ended October 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 was as follows:



	2015		2014		2013
Statutory federal income tax rate	(34.0	)%	(34.0	)%	(34.0	)%
Increase (decrease) in income taxes resulting from:
State taxes, net of Federal benefits	(0.1	)%	(1.8	)%	(1.7	)%
Foreign withholding tax	0.9	%	1.0	%	0.9	%
Net operating loss adjustment and true-ups	4.7	%	(25.4	)%	0.1	%
Nondeductible expenditures	0.1	%	14.5	%	0.8	%
Change in state tax rate	1.6	%	(0.8	)%	10.5	%
Other, net	0.4	%	0.4	%	4.1	%
Valuation allowance	27.3	%	47.1	%	20.3	%
Effective income tax rate	0.9	%	1.0	%	1.0	%

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]

Our deferred tax assets and liabilities consisted of the following at October 31, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):



	2015			2014
Deferred tax assets:
Compensation and benefit accruals	$	8,389		$	7,591
Bad debt and other allowances	1,109			1,859
Capital loss and tax credit carry-forwards	12,998			13,486
Net operating losses (domestic and foreign)	257,373			247,170
Deferred license revenue	9,313			8,894
Inventory valuation allowances	77			521
Investment in partnerships	—			404
Accumulated depreciation	535			590
Gross deferred tax assets:	289,794			280,515
Valuation allowance	(289,794		)	(280,515		)
Deferred tax assets after valuation allowance	—			—
Deferred tax liability:
In process research and development	(3,377		)	(3,377		)
Net deferred tax liability	$	(3,377	)	$	(3,377	)