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Commitments and Contingencies
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]
Note 9 – Commitments and Contingencies
 
The Company has a triple net lease for office and laboratory space for the period November 2011 to February 2017. Under the terms of the lease, the Company paid no rent for the period November 2011 to February 2012. Rent payments commenced in March 2012 and escalate annually by 3%. The Company records monthly rent expense equal to the total of the payments over the lease term divided by the number of months of the lease term. Therefore, rent expense of $17,000 was accrued in 2012. In 2013, the deferred rent was reduced by $4,000. Under the terms of the lease, the Company will also pay monthly triple net operating costs which currently approximate $2,000 per month. Minimum future payments under this lease at December 31, 2013 are as follows:
 
2014
 
$
120,000
 
2015
 
 
137,000
 
2016
 
 
141,000
 
2017
 
 
24,000
 
 
 
$
422,000
 
 
For the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, and for the period from inception (January 23, 2008) to December 31, 2013, rent expense amounted to $135,000, $137,000, and $428,000, respectively.
 
The Company and its Chief Executive Officer, Richard F. Rutkowski, are parties to an employment agreement (the Agreement) which terminates on January 1, 2017, unless earlier terminated. Compensation under the Agreement includes an annual salary of $355,000 and $350,000 in 2013 and 2012, respectively, with annual cost-of-living adjustments, annual cash and equity bonuses based on performance standards established by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, medical and dental benefits for Mr. Rutkowski and his family, disability insurance, and term life insurance for the benefit of his dependents. The Agreement may be terminated by the Company without cause under certain circumstances, as defined in the Agreement whereby a severance payment would be due in the amount of compensation that would have been due had employment not been terminated or one year of the current annual compensation, whichever is greater.
 
The Company has agreements with its three independent directors to compensate them annually after the Company’s common stock commenced trading publicly. The obligation totals $300,000 per year of which $150,000 is to be paid with the Company’s common stock at fair value. Directors are elected for annual terms which expire in May 2014.
 
The Company’s former legal advisors, Perkins Coie LLP, contacted management in March 2012 that they believe TWB Investment Partnership II, L.P., a party related to Perkins Coie LLP, has the right to acquire 25,250 shares of the Company’s common stock at $0.02 per share pursuant to an engagement letter dated December 4, 2007. The claim was denied since, among other defenses, management believes it entered into a full settlement of all amounts owed to Perkins Coie LLP in November 2011. There has been no further communication with Perkins Coie LLP regarding the matter since March 2012.