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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Summarized Report of Domestic Federal Statutory Tax Rates to Loss before Income Taxes from Operations

The reported amount of income tax expense (benefit) attributable to operations for the year differs from the amount that would result from applying domestic federal statutory tax rates to loss before income taxes from operations as summarized below (in thousands):

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2015

 

 

2014

 

 

2013

 

Federal tax benefit at statutory rate

 

$

(7,246

)

 

$

(12,489

)

 

$

(13,469

)

State tax benefit net of federal effect

 

 

(1,243

)

 

 

(2,143

)

 

 

(2,311

)

Research and development credits

 

 

(456

)

 

 

(560

)

 

 

(532

)

Other permanent differences

 

 

8

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

14

 

Share-based compensation

 

 

678

 

 

 

414

 

 

 

650

 

Adjustment to basis in subsidiary

 

 

(10,808

)

 

 

(3,246

)

 

 

15,899

 

Change in valuation allowance

 

 

17,140

 

 

 

16,946

 

 

 

(357

)

Reduction of deferred tax asset attributed to expired net

   operating loss carryforward

 

 

1,927

 

 

 

1,076

 

 

 

106

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

Report of Company's Deferred Tax Assets

Significant components of our deferred tax assets are as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2015

 

 

2014

 

Federal and state net operating loss carryforwards

 

$

139,874

 

 

$

130,011

 

Federal and state research and development credit

   carryforwards

 

 

16,222

 

 

 

15,536

 

Accrued liabilities

 

 

3,460

 

 

 

7,177

 

Properties and Equipment

 

 

7,740

 

 

 

 

Capitalized research and development costs

 

 

16,263

 

 

 

16,027

 

Other

 

 

1,842

 

 

 

2,092

 

Total deferred tax assets

 

 

185,401

 

 

 

170,843

 

Valuation allowance

 

 

(185,401

)

 

 

(170,843

)

Net deferred tax assets

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

Reconciliation Report of Beginning and Ending Amount of Unrecognized Tax Benefits

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows (in thousands):

 

Balance at January 1, 2013

 

$

3,014

 

Additions based on tax positions taken during a prior

   period

 

 

 

Reductions based on tax positions taken during a prior

   period

 

 

(231

)

Additions based on tax positions taken during the

   current period

 

 

36

 

Reductions based on tax positions taken during the

   current period

 

 

 

Reductions related to settlement of tax matters

 

 

 

Reductions related to a lapse of applicable statute

   of limitations

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2013

 

 

2,819

 

Additions based on tax positions taken during a prior

   period

 

 

 

Reductions based on tax positions taken during a

   prior period

 

 

 

Additions based on tax positions taken during the

   current period

 

 

113

 

Reductions based on tax positions taken during the

   current period

 

 

 

Reductions related to settlement of tax matters

 

 

 

Reductions related to a lapse of applicable statute

   of limitations

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2014

 

 

2,932

 

Additions based on tax positions taken during a prior

   period

 

 

87

 

Reductions based on tax positions taken during a prior

   period

 

 

 

Additions based on tax positions taken during the

   current period

 

 

95

 

Reductions based on tax positions taken during

   the current period

 

 

 

Reductions related to settlement of tax matters

 

 

 

Reductions related to a lapse of applicable statute

   of limitations

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2015

 

$

3,114