Income tax benefit on sale of net operating loss under technology business certificate transfer program.

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Probability of likely to be realized upon settlement.

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Proceeds from sale of net operating loss under technology business certificate transfer program.

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Percentage of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to income tax settlements. Including, but not limited to, domestic tax settlement, foreign tax settlement, state and local tax settlement, and other tax settlements.

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The amount of the tax credit carryforward, before tax effects, available to reduce future taxable income under enacted tax laws.

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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Income Tax [Line Items]
Income tax benefit		$ 3.0
Proceeds from the sale		36
Difference of effective income tax rate and Federal statutory rate	34.00%	34.00%	34.00%
Probability of likely to be realized upon settlement		50.00%
Domestic Country [Member]
Income Tax [Line Items]
Operating loss carryforwards	348.0
NOL carry-forwards starting date	2019
NOL carry-forwards Ending date	2032
State and Local Jurisdiction [Member] \| New York [Member]
Income Tax [Line Items]
Operating loss carryforwards	289.0
NOL carry-forwards starting date	2019
NOL carry-forwards Ending date	2032
State and Local Jurisdiction [Member] \| New Jersey [Member]
Income Tax [Line Items]
Operating loss carryforwards	24.6
NOL carry-forwards starting date	2014
NOL carry-forwards Ending date	2019
Research [Member]
Income Tax [Line Items]
NOL carry-forwards starting date	2019
NOL carry-forwards Ending date	2032
Research and development tax credit carry-forwards	10.3
Research and development tax credit carry-forwards expired in current period	$ 0.7
Research and development tax credit carry-forwards expiration description	Expiring in various years from 2019 through 2032.