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Income Taxes (Details Textual) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) | $ (55,048) | $ 684
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance | (11,660,247) | (11,619,578)
Valuation Allowance, Deferred Tax Asset, Change in Amount | 41,000 | (1,500,000)
Accrued Income Taxes, Noncurrent | 0 | 37,212
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Income Tax Penalties and Interest Accrued | 0 | 9,000
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Income Tax Penalties and Interest Expense | 0 | 1,000
Operating Loss Carryforwards, Limitations on Use, Amount | 1,100,000 |
Operating Loss Carryforwards, Pre-Ownership Change, Amount | 20,200,000 |
Operating Loss Forgive, Pre-Ownership Change, Amount | 6,200,000 |
Tax Credit Carryforward, Pre-Ownership Change, Amount | 1,200,000 |
U.S. federal [Member] |  |
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, at Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate, Percent | 34.00% |
Operating Loss Carryforwards | 25,000,000 |
Operating Loss Carryforwards Expiration Date1 | Approximately $10.2 million of the NOLs will begin to expire in 2023 with the balance expiring from 2024 through 2033 |
U.S. federal [Member] | Research and Development Expense [Member] |  |
Tax Credit Carryforward, Amount | 144,000 |
Tax Credit Carryforward Expiration Date1 | expire in 2033 |
U.S. federal [Member] | Expiry in 2023 [Member] |  |
Operating Loss Carryforwards | 10,200,000 |
State and local [Member] |  |
Operating Loss Carryforwards | 31,100,000 |
Operating Loss Carryforwards Expiration Date1 | Approximately $12.4 million of the Company's state NOLs expire in 2018 with the remaining balance expiring from 2019 through 2028. |
State and local [Member] | Research and Development Expense [Member] |  |
Tax Credit Carryforward, Amount | 267,000 |
Tax Credit Carryforward Expiration Date1 | expire in 2023 through 2027 |
State and local [Member] | Expiry in 2018 [Member] |  |
Operating Loss Carryforwards | $ 12,400,000 |

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