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Schedule of Lease Amounts Paid to Related Parties (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Amount Charged on Leased Premises	$ 163	$ 122
Lease Amounts [Member] | Foster City, CA [Member]
Amount Charged on Leased Premises	114	114
Lease Amounts [Member] | Edwardsville, IL [Member]
Amount Charged on Leased Premises	$ 49	$ 8

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Expenses recognized resulting from transactions (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party.

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-Publisher FASB



-Name Accounting Standards Codification



-Topic 850



-SubTopic 10



-Section 50



-Paragraph 1



-Subparagraph (c)



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