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Note 9 - Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Notes Tables |
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block] |
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net operating loss carryforward |  | $ | 15,328,336 |  |  | $ | 16,681,908 |
Research and development tax credit carryforward |  |  | 1,122,536 |  |  |  | 1,063,877 |
Stock-based compensation expense |  |  | 1,877,284 |  |  |  | 1,808,509 |
Accrued salaries and directors’ fees |  |  | 450,503 |  |  |  | 315,246 |
Depreciation |  |  | 8,571 |  |  |  | 8,414 |
Total deferred tax assets |  |  | 18,787,230 |  |  |  | 19,879,954 |
Deferred tax liabilities |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Net deferred tax assets |  |  | 18,787,230 |  |  |  | 19,879,954 |
Valuation allowance |  |  | (18,787,230 | ) |  |  | (19,879,954 | )
Net deferred tax asset after reduction for valuation allowance |  | $ | -0- |  |  | $ | -0- |
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block] |
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
U.S. federal statutory rate applied to pretax loss |  | $ | (497,833 | ) |  | $ | (537,620 | )
Permanent differences |  |  | 278 |  |  |  | 549 |
Research and development credits |  |  | (47,053 | ) |  |  | (53,884 | )
Change in valuation allowance |  |  | 544,308 |  |  |  | 590,955 |
Reported income tax expense |  | $ | -0- |  |  | $ | -0- |

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