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Related Party Transactions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
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Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block] | Note 8 – Related Party Transactions In 2013 and 2012 and for the period from inception (January 23, 2008) to December 31, 2013, the Company paid consulting fees of $103,000, $145,000 and $365,000, respectively, to the Alternative Energy Resource Alliance, a non-profit organization whose executive director is David Goodson. In exchange, Mr. Goodson provided scientific consulting services to the Company. Mr. Goodson is a director and co-founder of the Company and, through an irrevocable trust, a significant beneficial owner of the Company's common stock at December 31, 2013. MDB was paid $4,000 and $76,000 for patent work and related expenses in 2013 and 2012, respectively. In 2012, MDB provided underwriting services for which it received fees of $1.2 million along with a warrant to purchase 345,000 shares of ClearSign’s common stock at $5.00 per share exercisable through April 2017 valued at $128,000. In 2011, MDB provided placement agent services for which it received fees of $300,000, which it elected to receive in the form of 136,364 common stock shares valued at $2.20 per share, along with a warrant to purchase 136,368 shares of ClearSign’s common stock at $2.20 per share exercisable through May 2016 valued at $64,000. In addition, MDB provided consulting services to the Company in 2011 where it earned a fee of $1 million which MDB elected to receive in the form of 454,547 common stock shares valued at $2.20 per share. For the period from inception (January 23, 2008) to December 31, 2013, MDB received a total of $1,280,000, 590,911 shares of common stock valued at $1,300,000, and warrants to purchase 481,368 shares of ClearSign’s common stock at a weighted average price of $4.21 per share exercisable through April 2017 and valued at $192,000. MDB and its chief executive officer constitute a significant beneficial owner of the Company's common stock at December 31, 2013.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners; and (d) affiliates. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39622-107864 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39603-107864 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39549-107864 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 04 -Paragraph b -Article 3A Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(k)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e23780-122690 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 08 -Paragraph k -Article 4 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 6 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39691-107864 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39678-107864 + Details
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