Business Premises Summary and Critical Accounting Policies	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2011
Business Premises Summary and Critical Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Business Premises Summary and Critical Accounting Policies	(2) Business/Premises Summary and Critical Accounting Policies Business Summary The Company is an intellectual property (“IP”) licensing and holding company, whose primary strategy is to pursue a merger to leverage its cash asset and improve shareholder value and liquidity. The Company has identified AxoGen Corporation as a candidate to fulfill this strategy through a merger. The Company’s intellectual property portfolio contains domestic and international patents based on its original hydrogel patch technology and patent applications on a hand sanitizer patch. The Company also has a licensing agreement (the “Novartis Agreement”), with Novartis Consumer Health, Inc. (“Novartis”), under which the Company receives royalties from time to time based upon a percentage of Novartis’s net sales of licensed products. The Company has completed through settlement its previous legal action against five defendants and on May 9, 2011 sold a significant portion of its hydrogel patch intellectual property to Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. Such actions have ended LecTec’s current pursuit of legal action regarding its intellectual property. The Company’s anti-microbial hand sanitizer patch is intended to be dry, thereby rendering the patch harmless in the event that it is licked, chewed, or exposed to the eye. An initial prototype of the hand sanitizer patch has been developed and the Company is exploring the engagement of a strategic partner to complete its hand sanitizer patch development. An effort to monetize the remainder of the Company’s intellectual property has been ongoing, however, additional value, if any, is not expected to be material. The Company was organized in 1977 as a Minnesota corporation and went public in December 1986. The Company’s principal executive office is located at 1407 South Kings Highway, Texarkana, Texas 75501, its telephone number is (903) 832-0993, its corporate internet Website is www.lectec.com, and the Company’s common stock trades on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (the “OTCBB”) under the symbol “LECT.” Corporate Office and Premises Summary The Company had one leased facility in Texas and two record storage facilities in Minnesota as of June 30, 2011. In July 2008, the Company moved its corporate headquarter facilities (principal executive office) from Edina, Minnesota to Texarkana, Texas. In connection with this relocation, the Company entered into a Lease Agreement with Lockaway Storage, Inc. on July 23, 2008 (the “Texas Lease”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to lease approximately 1,200 square feet of space located at 1407 South Kings Highway, Texarkana, Texas 75501. In February 2010, the Company renewed the Texas Lease until March 1, 2011 at a monthly lease rate of $750 per month and has subsequently renewed the Texas lease until March 1, 2012 at a monthly lease rate of $750 per month. The Texas Lease contains customary representations, warranties, and covenants on the part of the Company and the landlord. In addition to the Texas Lease, the Company currently maintains two storage facilities in Minnesota for record retention purposes at a cost of approximately $4,300 per year. Critical Accounting Policies The Company’s most critical accounting policies include: Use of Estimates In preparing financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect certain reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Credit Risk A significant amount of cash is deposited in one financial institution. Certain amounts of the Company’s cash exceed federally insured limits. The Company has not experienced any losses and does not believe it is exposed to any significant credit risk on cash and cash equivalents. Royalty Receivable The Company grants credit to its only customer, Novartis, in the normal course of business and under the terms contained in the Novartis Agreement. Pursuant to the Novartis Agreement, Novartis pays the royalty income within the terms defined in the Novartis Agreement. Patent Costs Patent costs consist primarily of the cost of applying for patents and are amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of the asset, which is generally five years. Patent maintenance costs are expensed as incurred. The carrying value of patent costs is reviewed periodically or when factors indicating impairment are present. The impairment loss is measured as the amount by which the carrying value of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets. The Company believes that no impairment existed at June 30, 2011. Revenue Recognition Royalty and licensing fees are recognized when earned under the terms of the Novartis Agreement based upon sales information of licensed products provided by Novartis, and when collection is reasonably assured. Infringement income is recognized when settlement agreements have been signed and collection is reasonably assured. Share-Based Compensation The Company accounts for share-based compensation in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 718, Compensation-Stock Compensation, which requires that compensation cost relating to share-based payment transactions (including the cost of all employee stock options), be recognized in the financial statements. That cost is measured based on the estimated fair value of the equity or liability instruments issued. Share-based payment accounting covers a wide range of share-based compensation arrangements including share options, restricted share plans, performance-based awards, share appreciation rights, and employee share purchase plans. Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements The Company does not have any “off-balance sheet arrangements” (as such term is defined in Item 303 of Regulation S-K) that are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on the Company’s financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenue or expense, operating results, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources. Recent Accounting Pronouncements In December 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2010-29 Business Combinations (Topic 805) — “Disclosure of Supplementary Pro Forma Information for Business Combinations.” If a public entity presents comparative financial statements, the entity should disclose revenue and earnings of the combined entity as though the business combination that occurred during the current year had occurred as of the beginning of the comparable prior annual reporting period only. ASU 2010-29 also expands the supplementary pro forma disclosures. ASU 2010-29 is effective prospectively for business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2010. ASU 2010-29 will only affect the Company if there are future business combinations.