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Related Party Transactions
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
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.