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Note 9 - Stock-based Compensation (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Notes Tables |
Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions [Table Text Block] |
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Weighted average risk-free interest rates |  |  | 2.26 | % |  |  | 1.99 | % |  |  | 1.98 | %
Expected dividend yield |  |  | 0.0 | % |  |  | 0.0 | % |  |  | 0.0 | %
Expected life of option (yrs ) |  | 7.0 |  |  | 7.0 |  |  | 7.0 |
Expected volatility |  |  | 88.72 | % |  |  | 91.43 | % |  |  | 94.88 | %
Schedule of Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Table Text Block] |
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
General and administrative expense |  | $ | 31,191 |  |  | $ | 45,822 |  |  | $ | 69,057 |
Research and development expense |  |  | 23,614 |  |  |  | 22,083 |  |  |  | 32,134 |
Total stock option expense |  | $ | 54,805 |  |  | $ | 67,905 |  |  | $ | 101,191 |
Share-based Compensation, Stock Options, Activity [Table Text Block] |
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Weighted average fair value of options granted |  | $ | 0.05 |  |  | $ | 0.09 |  |  | $ | 0.14 |
Intrinsic value of options exercised |  |  | -0- |  |  |  | -0- |  |  |  | -0- |
Total fair value of options vested |  |  | 54,757 |  |  |  | 66,622 |  |  |  | 97,707 |

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