2.4.0.80009 - Disclosure - OPERATING LEASE COMMITMENTStruefalsefalse1false falsefalseFrom2013-01-01to2013-06-30http://www.sec.gov/CIK0001031927duration2013-01-01T00:00:002013-06-30T00:00:001true 1ecte_NotesToFinancialStatementsAbstractecte_falsenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringfalse0Notes to Financial Statements2false 2us-gaap_OperatingLeasesOfLesseeDisclosureTextBlockus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00 The Company leases approximately 37,000 square feet of manufacturing, laboratory and office space in a single-story building located in Franklin, Massachusetts under a lease expiring October 31, 2017 and approximately 1,060 square feet of residential space as a corporate apartment in Franklin, Massachusetts under a lease expiring July 24, 2014.   The Company also leases approximately 7,900 square feet of corporate office space in a multi-story building located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania under a lease expiring May 31, 2017.    Future minimum lease payments for each of the next 5 years under these operating leases are as follows:   <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width: 100%; font: 10pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; border-collapse: collapse"> <tr style="vertical-align: bottom"> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center; line-height: 115%">Franklin</td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center; line-height: 115%">Philadelphia</td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center; line-height: 115%">Total</td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: bottom"> <td style="text-align: justify; line-height: 115%">For the period ending June 30,</td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: #CCEEFF"> <td style="width: 67%; text-indent: 12pt; line-height: 115%">2013</td> <td style="width: 1%; line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="width: 1%; line-height: 115%">$</td> <td style="width: 8%; text-align: right; line-height: 115%">226,000</td> <td style="width: 1%; line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="width: 1%; line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="width: 1%; line-height: 115%">$</td> <td style="width: 8%; text-align: right; line-height: 115%">93,000</td> <td style="width: 1%; line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="width: 1%; line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="width: 1%; line-height: 115%">$</td> <td style="width: 8%; text-align: right; line-height: 115%">319,000</td> <td style="width: 1%; line-height: 115%"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: white"> <td style="text-indent: 12pt; line-height: 115%">2014</td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; line-height: 115%">447,000</td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; line-height: 115%">187,000</td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; line-height: 115%">634,000</td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: #CCEEFF"> <td style="text-indent: 12pt; line-height: 115%">2015</td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; line-height: 115%">444,000</td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; line-height: 115%">192,000</td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; line-height: 115%">636,000</td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: white"> <td style="text-indent: 12pt; line-height: 115%">2016</td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; line-height: 115%">454,000</td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; line-height: 115%">196,000</td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; line-height: 115%">650,000</td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: #CCEEFF"> <td style="text-indent: 12pt; line-height: 115%">2017</td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: right; line-height: 115%">382,000</td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: right; line-height: 115%">82,000</td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: right; line-height: 115%">464,000</td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: white"> <td style="text-indent: 12pt; line-height: 115%">Total</td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="border-bottom: black 2.25pt double; line-height: 115%">$</td> <td style="border-bottom: black 2.25pt double; text-align: right; line-height: 115%">1,953,000</td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="border-bottom: black 2.25pt double; line-height: 115%">$</td> <td style="border-bottom: black 2.25pt double; text-align: right; line-height: 115%">750,000</td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="border-bottom: black 2.25pt double; line-height: 115%">$</td> <td style="border-bottom: black 2.25pt double; text-align: right; line-height: 115%">2,703,000</td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td></tr> </table>    The Companys facilities lease expense, including accruals for lease incentives, was approximately $99,000 and $74,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and $389,000 and $151,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.  falsefalsefalsenonnum:textBlockItemTypenaTabular disclosure of a lessee's leasing arrangements including: (1) the basis on which contingent rental payments are determined, (2) the existence and terms of renewal or purchase options and escalation clauses, (3) restrictions imposed by lease arrangements, such as those concerning dividends, additional debt, and further leasing, (4) rent holidays, rent concessions, or leasehold improvement incentives and unusual provisions or conditions. Disclosure may also include the specific period used to amortize material leasehold improvements made at the inception of the lease or during the lease term. Additionally, for operating leases having initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms in excess of one year: (a) future minimum rental payments required as of the date of the latest balance sheet presented, in the aggregate and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) the total of minimum rentals to be received in the future under noncancelable subleases as of the date of the latest balance sheet presented, and (c) for all operating leases, rental expense for each period for which an income statement is presented, with separate amounts for minimum rentals, contingent rentals, and sublease rentals. 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