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Loss Contingency, Number of Deaths

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Number of entity's patents that another entity has allegedly infringed.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Reflects the estimated amount of loss from the specified contingency as of the balance sheet date.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 450
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25496072&loc=d3e14435-108349

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 450
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 9
-Subparagraph (b)
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Number of pending claims pertaining to a loss contingency.

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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details)	1 Months Ended
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details)	Dec. 31, 2014 patent defendant	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) lawsuit	Jul. 31, 2007 death
Quest Integrity
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of patents allegedly infringed upon \| patent	3
Number of defendants	3
Con Ed Matter
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of deaths \| death			1
Number of lawsuits \| lawsuit		92
Insurance coverage subject to deductible limit \| $		$ 250,000
Delaware Cases \| Quest Integrity
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of defendants	2
Washington Case \| Quest Integrity
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of defendants	1