Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2014

Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign [Table Text Block]

The components of loss from continuing operations before income taxes for the years ended October 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012 were as follows:



	2014			2013			2012
U.S.	$	(35,167	)	$	(31,044	)	$	(35,535	)
Foreign	(3,228		)	(3,904		)	(302		)
Loss before income taxes	$	(38,395	)	$	(34,948	)	$	(35,837	)

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

The reconciliation of the federal statutory income tax rate to our effective income tax rate for the years ended October 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 was as follows:



	2014		2013		2012
Statutory federal income tax rate	(34.0	)%	(34.0	)%	(34.0	)%
Increase (decrease) in income taxes resulting from:
State taxes net of Federal benefits	(1.8	)%	(1.7	)%	(2.6	)%
Foreign withholding tax	1.0	%	0.9	%	0.2	%
Net operating loss adjustment and true-ups	(25.4	)%	0.1	%	(34.9	)%
Nondeductible expenditures	14.5	%	0.8	%	1.2	%
Change in state tax rate	(0.8	)%	10.5	%	(6.8	)%
Other, net	0.4	%	4.1	%	(0.1	)%
Valuation allowance	47.1	%	20.3	%	77.2	%
Effective income tax rate	1.0	%	1.0	%	0.2	%

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]

Our deferred tax assets and liabilities consisted of the following at October 31, 2014 and 2013:



	2014			2013
Deferred tax assets:
Compensation and benefit accruals	$	7,591		$	6,452
Bad debt and other reserves	1,859			1,841
Capital loss and tax credit carry-forwards	13,486			13,582
Net operating losses (domestic and foreign)	247,170			228,154
Deferred license revenue	8,894			8,033
Lower of cost or market inventory reserves	521			509
Investment in partnerships	404			419
Accumulated depreciation	590			625
Gross deferred tax assets:	280,515			259,615
Valuation allowance	(280,515		)	(259,615		)
Deferred tax assets after valuation allowance	—			—
Deferred tax liability:
In process research and development	(3,377		)	(3,377		)
Net deferred tax liability	$	(3,377	)	$	(3,377	)