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Leases (Details)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
Leases (Details)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	May 22, 2018 ft²
Operating Lease Liabilities, Payments, Due, Rolling Maturity [Abstract]
2019	$ 182,506		$ 182,506
2020	532,647		532,647
2021	713,385		713,385
2022	733,160		733,160
2023	$ 562,363		$ 562,363
Lease renewal term	5 years		5 years
Tenant improvement allowance	$ 322,305		$ 322,305
Tenant allowance utilized	0		0
Operating lease, expense	$ 99,000	$ 71,600	$ 197,000	$ 177,000
Weighted average remaining lease term	4 years 3 months 12 days		4 years 3 months 12 days
Weighted average discount rate	6.50%		6.50%
Property at 240 Leigh Farm Road, Office Space \| Pine Forest 240 TT, LLC.
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Leased office space \| ft²					25,626
Suite 200 office space \| Pine Forest 240 TT, LLC.
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Leased office space \| ft²					1,961
Suite 215 office space \| Pine Forest 240 TT, LLC.
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Leased office space \| ft²					7,367
Existing Office Space \| Paidian Research, Inc.
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Leased office space \| ft²					14,378
Suite 230 office space \| Pine Forest 240 TT, LLC.
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Leased office space \| ft²					3,881

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Amount of lessee's undiscounted obligation for lease payments for operating lease, due in fourth rolling twelve months following latest statement of financial position date. For interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest statement of financial position date.

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Amount of lessee's undiscounted obligation for lease payments for operating lease having an initial or remaining lease term in excess of one year due in remainder of fiscal year following latest fiscal year.

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Term of lessee's operating lease renewal, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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