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Business Acquisition Fair Value in Excess of Purchase Price

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Current deferred costs of product revenue.

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License Agreements Deferred Payments Received

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- Definition

Write down of deferred revenue.

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Amount of direct costs of the business combination including legal, accounting, and other costs incurred to consummate the business acquisition.

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The amount of property, plant, and equipment recognized as of the acquisition date.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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The carrying amount of consideration received or receivable as of the balance sheet date on potential earnings that were not recognized as revenue in conformity with GAAP, and which are expected to be recognized as such within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer, including sales, license fees, and royalties, but excluding interest income.

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The noncurrent portion of deferred revenue amount as of balance sheet date. Deferred revenue is a liability related to a revenue producing activity for which revenue has not yet been recognized, and is not expected to be recognized in the next twelve months. Generally, an entity records deferred revenue when it receives consideration from a customer before achieving certain criteria that must be met for revenue to be recognized in conformity with GAAP.

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Revenue earned during the period relating to consideration received from another party for the right to use, but not own, certain of the entity's intangible assets. Licensing arrangements include, but are not limited to, rights to use a patent, copyright, technology, manufacturing process, software or trademark. Licensing fees are generally, but not always, fixed as to amount and not dependent upon the revenue generated by the licensing party. An entity may receive licensing fees for licenses that also generate royalty payments to the entity.

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Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012	Jul. 19, 2012
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Current deferred revenue	$ 357,000		$ 357,000		$ 0
Write down carrying value of deferred cost of product revenues	167,000		167,000
Company acquired land, building and equipment						1,459,000
Transaction costs of acquisition						341,000
Fair value in excess of purchase price of the asset acquired						257,000
Current deferred revenue	1,094,000		1,094,000		324,000
Deferred payments received				1,000,000
Recognized license revenue	81,000	76,000	243,000	207,000
Non-current deferred revenue	1,453,000		1,453,000		1,696,000
Revenue Recognition [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Current deferred revenue	$ 770,000		$ 770,000
Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Product Concentration Risk [Member] \| Grandevo and Regalia [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Customers accounted for percentage of company's total revenues and accounts receivable	94.00%	86.00%	97.00%	92.00%
Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member] \| International [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Customers accounted for percentage of company's total revenues and accounts receivable	27.00%	5.00%	11.00%	16.00%
Minimum [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Receivables due period			30 days
Customers accounted for percentage of company's total revenues and accounts receivable	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%
Maximum [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Receivables due period			90 days
Maximum [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Customers accounted for percentage of company's total revenues and accounts receivable	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%