No definition available.

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Related Party Transaction, Cash Contributions From Other Party To Joint Venture

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Related Party Transaction, Profits Allocated To Company From Joint Venture, Percent

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Related Party Transaction, Profits Allocated To Other Joint Venture Party, Percent

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Research And Development, Following Establishment of Joint Venture, Period

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Amount of deferred revenue as of balance sheet date. Deferred revenue represents collections of cash or other assets related to a revenue producing activity for which revenue has not yet been recognized. Generally, an entity records deferred revenue when it receives consideration from a customer before achieving certain criteria that must be met for revenue to be recognized in conformity with GAAP.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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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.

No definition available.

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