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Patents and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block]

Patents and other intangible assets are summarized as follows:

		December 31,
		2015			2014
Patents
Patents pending		$	2,730,000		$	2,262,000
Issued patents			115,000			67,000
			2,845,000			2,329,000
Trademarks
Trademarks pending			18,000			36,000
Registered trademarks			23,000			-
			41,000			36,000
Other			8,000			8,000
			49,000			44,000
Patents and other intangible assets			2,894,000			2,373,000
Accumulated amortization			(13,000)			(1,000)
		$	2,881,000		$	2,372,000

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense [Table Text Block]

Future amortization expense associated with awarded patents and registered trademarks as of December 31, 2015 is estimated as follows:

2016		$	18,000
2017			18,000
2018			18,000
2019			18,000
2020			16,000
Thereafter			37,000
		$	125,000

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Tabular disclosure of goodwill by reportable segment and in total which includes a rollforward schedule.

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Tabular disclosure of the amount of amortization expense expected to be recorded in succeeding fiscal years for finite-lived intangible assets.

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