Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block] | 5. Segment Information The Company's reportable segments are strategic business units that offer different products and have varied customer bases. There are four 10 December 31, 2019. Management evaluates the performance of each segment based on the components of divisional income (loss). Assets and liabilities are not For the three September 30, 2020: IKONICS IKONICS Chromaline Imaging DTX AMS Unalloc. Total Net sales $ 2,051,047 $ 893,064 $ 62,024 $ 128,849 $ — $ 3,134,984 Cost of goods sold 1,474,881 499,750 33,143 253,431 — 2,261,205 Gross profit (loss) 576,166 393,314 28,881 (124,582 ) — 873,779 Selling general and administrative* 234,884 180,285 27,567 51,644 485,393 979,773 Research and development* — — — — 136,520 136,520 Income (loss) from operations $ 341,282 $ 213,029 $ 1,314 $ (176,226 ) $ (621,913 ) $ (242,514 ) For the three September 30, 2019: IKONICS IKONICS Chromaline Imaging DTX AMS Unalloc. Total Net sales $ 2,869,664 $ 1,117,209 $ 84,661 $ 458,827 $ — $ 4,530,361 Cost of goods sold 2,115,702 628,325 31,217 343,055 — 3,118,299 Gross profit 753,962 488,884 53,444 115,772 — 1,412,062 Selling general and administrative* 452,592 248,780 41,866 89,597 514,569 1,347,404 Research and development* — — — — 218,467 218,467 Income (loss) from operations $ 301,370 $ 240,104 $ 11,578 $ 26,175 $ (733,036 ) $ (153,809 ) For the nine September 30, 2020: IKONICS IKONICS Chromaline Imaging DTX AMS Unalloc. Total Net sales $ 5,635,373 $ 2,488,963 $ 223,606 $ 856,673 $ — $ 9,204,615 Cost of goods sold 4,300,512 1,397,458 109,235 985,504 — 6,792,709 Gross profit (loss) 1,334,861 1,091,505 114,371 (128,831 ) — 2,411,906 Selling general and administrative* 1,027,239 683,720 91,999 211,788 1,948,354 3,963,100 Research and development* — — — — 521,334 521,334 Income (loss) from operations $ 307,622 $ 407,785 $ 22,372 $ (340,619 ) $ (2,469,688 ) $ (2,072,528 ) For the nine September 30, 2019: IKONICS IKONICS Chromaline Imaging DTX AMS Unalloc. Total Net sales $ 8,006,121 $ 3,164,143 $ 290,022 $ 1,195,177 $ — $ 12,655,463 Cost of goods sold 5,949,536 1,714,835 116,810 1,024,672 — 8,805,853 Gross profit 2,056,585 1,449,308 173,212 170,505 — 3,849,610 Selling general and administrative* 1,364,685 819,284 111,232 266,107 1,506,922 4,068,230 Research and development* — — — — 667,774 667,774 Income (loss) from operations $ 691,900 $ 630,024 $ 61,980 $ (95,602 ) $ (2,174,696 ) $ (886,394 ) *The Company does not Trade receivables by segment as of September 30, 2020 December 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Chromaline $ 1,082,145 $ 1,916,066 IKONICS Imaging 299,256 304,791 DTX 34,314 13,919 AMS 68,026 252,363 Unallocated (66,524 ) (52,421 ) Total $ 1,417,217 $ 2,434,718 |