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License agreements research collaborations and development agreements.

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Amount of income or expense related to royalty payments under a contractual arrangement such as payment for mineral and drilling rights and use of technology or intellectual property.

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Amount of revenue earned from products sold or services provided under the terms of a contract, including, but not limited to, government contracts and construction contracts, classified as other.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=63488584&loc=d3e20235-122688

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License Agreements, Research Collaborations and Development Agreements (Details Textual)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) Agreement	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
License Agreements Research Collaborations And Development Agreements [Line Items]
Royalty expense		$ 257,186	$ 290,491
Annual future minimum royalty payments due		250,000
Collaborations revenue		397,178	$ 272,603
License Agreement with Hitachi [Member]
License Agreements Research Collaborations And Development Agreements [Line Items]
Collaborations revenue		25,000
CDC [Member]
License Agreements Research Collaborations And Development Agreements [Line Items]
Number of contract awarded year	1 year
Revenue related to contract		$ 357,178
CDC [Member] \| Cloud-Based Mobile Software [Member]
License Agreements Research Collaborations And Development Agreements [Line Items]
Contract awarded value for funds development and evaluation of software	$ 860,000
FISH Product Line [Member]
License Agreements Research Collaborations And Development Agreements [Line Items]
Number of license agreements \| Agreement		1