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Note 10 - Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block] |
Years Ended September 30, |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Current tax (benefit) expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | (155,000 | )
State |  |  | 2,000 |  |  |  | 4,000 |
|  |  | 2,000 |  |  |  | (151,000 | )
Deferred (benefit) expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  |  | (779,000 | ) |  |  | (1,583,000 | )
State |  |  | (138,000 | ) |  |  | (279,000 | )
|  |  | (917,000 | ) |  |  | (1,862,000 | )
Change in valuation allowance |  |  | 917,000 |  |  |  | 1,862,000 |
Provision for income taxes |  | $ | 2,000 |  |  | $ | (151,000 | )
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block] |
Years Ended September 30, |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Income taxes computed at the federal statutory rate |  | $ | 430,000 |  |  | $ | 446,000 |
Change in valuation allowance |  |  | (917,000 | ) |  |  | (1,862,000 | )
Nondeductible compensation, interest expense and other |  |  | 8,000 |  |  |  | 6,000 |
State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit |  |  | 70,000 |  |  |  | 72,000 |
Change in R&D credit carryover |  |  | (56,000 | ) |  |  | 53,000 |
Stock options and other prior year true-ups |  |  | 462,000 |  |  |  | 1,389,000 |
State business credit utilization |  |  | (4,000 | ) |  |  | (100,000 | )
Prior year tax adjustments |  |  | 9,000 |  |  |  | (155,000 | )
|  | $ | 2,000 |  |  | $ | (151,000 | )
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block] |
|  | At September 30, |
Deferred tax assets: |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Net operating loss carryforwards |  | $ | 19,576,000 |  |  | $ | 20,350,000 |
Research and development credit |  |  | 2,257,000 |  |  |  | 2,206,000 |
Share-based compensation |  |  | 526,000 |  |  |  | 600,000 |
Equipment |  |  | (18,000 | ) |  |  | - |
Patents |  |  | 230,000 |  |  |  | 229,000 |
Accruals and other |  |  | 463,000 |  |  |  | 509,000 |
State tax deduction |  |  | (2,000 | ) |  |  | (2,000 | )
Federal AMT Credit |  |  | 49,000 |  |  |  | 49,000 |
Allowances |  |  | 127,000 |  |  |  | 184,000 |
Gross deferred tax asset |  |  | 23,208,000 |  |  |  | 24,125,000 |
Less valuation allowance |  |  | (23,208,000 | ) |  |  | (24,125,000 | )
|  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |

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