Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (USD $)
Oct. 31, 2014
Oct. 31, 2013
Current assets:    
Cash and cash equivalents $ 3,361,246us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue $ 898,172us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Short–term investments in certificates of deposit 2,500,000us-gaap_ShortTermInvestments   
Accounts receivable 400,000us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent 175,000us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 60,577us-gaap_PrepaidExpenseAndOtherAssetsCurrent 160,646us-gaap_PrepaidExpenseAndOtherAssetsCurrent
Total current assets 6,321,823us-gaap_AssetsCurrent 1,233,818us-gaap_AssetsCurrent
Investment in Videocon Industries Limited global depository receipts, at fair value (Note 4)    4,197,341us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesNoncurrent
Patents, net of accumulated amortization of $314,453 in 2014 2,721,658itus_FiniteLivedPatentsNet   
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $48,842 and $45,654, respectively 11,875us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet 8,379us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Total assets 9,055,356us-gaap_Assets 5,439,538us-gaap_Assets
Current liabilities:    
Accounts payable and accrued expenses 1,249,426us-gaap_AccountsPayableAndAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent 1,276,470us-gaap_AccountsPayableAndAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent
Royalties and contingent legal fees payable 560,076itus_RoyaltiesAndContingentLegalFeesPayable 207,743itus_RoyaltiesAndContingentLegalFeesPayable
Derivative liability, at fair value    540,000us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilitiesCurrent
Deferred revenue, nonrefundable development and license fees    1,187,320us-gaap_DeferredRevenueCurrent
Total current liabilities 1,809,502us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent 3,211,533us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent
Patent acquisition obligation (Note 8) 3,236,281itus_PatentAcquisitionObligation   
Convertible debentures due January 2015, net of discount of $891,402 (Note 6)    548,598us-gaap_ConvertibleDebtNoncurrent
Loan payable by CopyTele International Ltd. to former affiliate, secured by Videocon Industries Limited global depository receipts (Note1)    5,000,000us-gaap_DueToRelatedPartiesNoncurrent
Total liabilities 5,045,783us-gaap_Liabilities 8,760,131us-gaap_Liabilities
Commitments and contingencies (Notes 8 and 9)      
Shareholders’ equity (deficiency):    
Preferred stock 350,000us-gaap_PreferredStockValue   
Common stock, par value $.01 per share; 600,000,000 shares authorized; 219,692,190 and 209,276,745 shares issued and outstanding, respectively 2,196,922us-gaap_CommonStockValue 2,092,767us-gaap_CommonStockValue
Additional paid-in capital 146,232,373us-gaap_AdditionalPaidInCapital 134,750,048us-gaap_AdditionalPaidInCapital
Loan receivable from former affiliate(Note 1)    (5,000,000)itus_LoanReceivableFromRelatedPartyInConnectionWithSaleOfCommonStock
Accumulated deficit (144,769,722)us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit (135,163,408)us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit
Total shareholders’ equity (deficiency) 4,009,573us-gaap_StockholdersEquity (3,320,593)us-gaap_StockholdersEquity
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity (deficiency) 9,055,356us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity 5,439,538us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity
Series A Preferred Stock [Member]    
Shareholders’ equity (deficiency):    
Preferred stock 350,000us-gaap_PreferredStockValue
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Preferred Stock [Member]    
Shareholders’ equity (deficiency):    
Preferred stock      
Total shareholders’ equity (deficiency) $ 350,000us-gaap_StockholdersEquity
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