SEGMENT REPORTING (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Reconciliation of Operating Profit (Loss) from Segments to Consolidated

The Company's segment information is as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2022
	Intellectual Property Operations		Industrial Operations		Total
	(In thousands)
Revenues:
License fees	$	2,615	$	—	$	2,615
Printers and parts	—		4,254		4,254
Consumable products	—		5,384		5,384
Services	—		1,254		1,254
Total revenues	2,615		10,892		13,507
Cost of revenues:
Inventor royalties	170		—		170
Contingent legal fees	549		—		549
Litigation and licensing expenses	1,244		—		1,244
Amortization of patents	2,601		—		2,601
Cost of sales	—		4,192		4,192
Total cost of revenues	4,564		4,192		8,756
Segment gross (loss) profit	(1,949)		6,700		4,751
Other operating expenses:
Engineering and development expenses	—		190		190
Sales and marketing expenses	—		2,016		2,016
Amortization of intangible assets	—		433		433
General and administrative expenses	1,716		2,422		4,138
Total other operating expenses	1,716		5,061		6,777
Segment operating (loss) income	$	(3,665)	$	1,639	(2,026)
Parent general and administrative expenses					6,482
Operating loss					(8,508)
Total other expense					(79,636)
Loss before income taxes					$	(88,144)

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment

	March 31, 2022		December 31, 2021
	(In thousands)
Equity securities investments:
Equity securities at fair value	$	246,484	$	361,778
Equity securities without readily determinable fair value	5,816		5,816
Investment securities - equity method investments	30,934		30,934
Total parent equity securities investments	283,234		398,528
Other parent assets	152,283		172,726
Segment total assets:
Intellectual property operations	171,647		$	175,286
Industrial operations	54,276		52,316
Total assets	$	661,440	$	798,856

Revenue from External Customers by Geographic Areas

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2022
	Intellectual Property Operations		Industrial Operations		Total
	(In thousands)
Revenues by geographic area:
United States	$	2,097	$	3,849	$	5,946
Canada and Latin America	6		372		378
Total Americas	2,103		4,221		6,324
Europe, Middle East and Africa	500		2,508		3,008
China	—		1,133		1,133
India	—		1,749		1,749
Asia-Pacific, excluding China and India	12		1,281		1,293
Total Asia-Pacific	12		4,163		4,175
Total revenues	$	2,615	$	10,892	$	13,507

Long-lived Assets by Geographic Areas

	March 31, 2022
	Intellectual Property Operations		Industrial Operations		Total
	(In thousands)
Long-lived tangible assets by geographic area:
United States	$	198	$	423	$	621
Malaysia	—		2,983		2,983
Other foreign countries	—		281		281
Total	$	198	$	3,687	$	3,885

	December 31, 2021
	Intellectual Property Operations		Industrial Operations		Total
	(In thousands)
Long-lived tangible assets by geographic area:
United States	$	204	$	473	$	677
Malaysia	—		3,203		3,203
Other foreign countries	—		303		303
Total	$	204	$	3,979	$	4,183