SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Intangible Assets (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Loss on abandonment of patents	$ 0
Patents
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Remaining estimated weighted average useful lives	12 years
Loss on abandonment of patents		$ 46,000
Licensing Agreements
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Remaining estimated weighted average useful lives	1 year 3 months 18 days

The amount of impairment loss recognized in the period resulting from the write-down of the carrying amount of a finite-lived intangible asset to fair value.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26713463&loc=d3e16373-109275

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