INCOME TAXES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

The Company’s provision for income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 relates to income taxes in states, foreign countries and other local jurisdictions and differs from the amounts determined by applying the statutory Federal income tax rate to loss before income taxes for the following reasons:

	Dollars in Thousands
	2012			2011			2010
Benefit at federal rate	$	(2,781	)	$	(3,311	)	$	(1,015	)
Increase (decrease) resulting from:
State income taxes—net of federal benefit	2			2			20
Foreign subsidiary tax rate difference	(27		)	(94		)	(27		)
Tax contingency	22			28			45
Expiring net operating loss carryforwards	1,472			988			—
Earnings repatriation	582			—			1,479
Miscellaneous permanent differences	284			332			60
Liability warrants	(748		)	2,062			—
Tax credits	215			—			—
Other—net	15			(53		)	86
Valuation allowance	1,110			91			(498		)
Current income tax expense	$	146		$	45		$	150

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

	Dollars in Thousands
	2012		2011			2010
Federal:
Current	$	—	$	16		$	4
Deferred	—		—			—
Total Federal	$	—	$	16		$	4
State:
Current	$	3	$	3		$	29
Deferred	—		—			—
Total State	$	3	$	3		$	29
Foreign:
Current	$	46	$	159		$	111
Deferred	97		(133		)	6
Total Foreign	$	143	$	26		$	117
Total Tax Provision	$	146	$	45		$	150

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

The Company’s deferred income tax asset at December 31, 2012 and 2011 is comprised of the following temporary differences:

	Dollars in Thousands
	2012			2011
Deferred Tax Asset:
Net operating loss carryforward	$	39,481		$	38,154
Research and development credit carryforwards	1,017			1,232
Deferred revenue	188			190
Inventory	224			184
Other	432			552
	41,342			40,312
Less valuation allowance	(41,342		)	(40,232		)
Deferred Tax Asset	$	—		$	80
Deferred Tax Liability:
Other miscellaneous	$	19		$	2
Deferred Tax Liability	$	19		$	2
Net Deferred Asset (Liability)	$	(19	)	$	78

Summary of Operating Loss Carryforwards

At December 31, 2012, we had total unused federal tax net operating loss carryforwards of $109.3 million. The expiration dates are as follows (amounts in thousands):

2018	$	1,838
2019	8,181
2020	9,662
2021	8,228
2022	16,862
2023	16,173
2024	17,390
2025	8,153
2026	6,792
2027	3,238
2028	1,272
2029	591
2031	2,784
2032	8,126
	$	109,290