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Note 3 - Intangible Assets and Goodwill

9 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2013

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Text Block]

3.	INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND GOODWILL

The Company’s total intangible assets consist of the following (in thousands):

					January 31, 2013					April 30, 2012
Intangible Asset Description	Estimated Useful Lives				Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization
Patents, trademarks and copyrights		10	–	15	$	852	$	(388	)	$	852	$	(336	)
Customer relationships		5	–	15		1,040		(433	)		1,040		(386	)
Trade name		15				530		(191	)		530		(165	)
Technologies		13	–	15		475		(150	)		475		(124	)
					$	2,897	$	(1,162	)	$	2,897	$	(1,011	)

Amortization expense for the nine-month periods ended January 31, 2013 and 2012 was approximately $154,000 and $163,000 in each respective period.

Estimated amortization expense for the next five fiscal years ending April 30 is as follows (in thousands):

Year	Amounts
2013 (remaining)	$	50
2014		202
2015		187
2016		166
2017		166

The carrying amount of the Company’s goodwill at January 31, 2013 and April 30, 2012 was approximately $1,942,000. There were no changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the three-month and nine-month periods ended January 31, 2013.

The Company has evaluated the performance related contingent consideration provisions of the asset purchase agreement for its MBBS, S.A. (“MBBS”) acquisition in fiscal year 2010. As of January 31, 2013, the Company has determined that based on the terms of the agreement and current projections, no contingent consideration is expected to be due in the MBBS transaction.

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The entire disclosure for the aggregate amount of goodwill and a description of intangible assets, which may include (a) for amortizable intangible assets (also referred to as finite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, the amount of any significant residual value, and the weighted-average amortization period, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization (also referred to as indefinite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, and (c) the amount of research and development assets acquired and written off in the period, including the line item in the income statement in which the amounts written off are aggregated, if not readily apparent from the income statement. Also discloses (a) for amortizable intangibles assets in total and by major class, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, the total amortization expense for the period, and the estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization the carrying amount in total and by major class, and (c) for goodwill, in total and for each reportable segment, the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the period (including the aggregate amount of goodwill acquired, the aggregate amount of impairment losses recognized, and the amount of goodwill included in the gain (loss) on disposal of a reporting unit). If any part of goodwill has not been allocated to a reportable segment, discloses the unallocated amount and the reasons for not allocating. For each impairment loss recognized related to an intangible asset (excluding goodwill), discloses: (a) a description of the impaired intangible asset and the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method for determining fair value, (c) the caption in the income statement or the statement of activities in which the impairment loss is aggregated, and (d) the segment in which the impaired intangible asset is reported. For each goodwill impairment loss recognized, discloses: (a) a description of the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method of determining the fair value of the associated reporting unit, and (c) if a recognized impairment loss is an estimate not finalized and the reasons why the estimate is not final. May also disclose the nature and amount of any significant adjustments made to a previous estimate of an impairment loss.

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