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Commitments and Contingencies (Details Narrative) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) shares
Remaining stock based compensation | $ | $ 7,741,573
2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan [Member] |
Maximum number of common shares reserved for future issuance | 6,050,553
Purchase Warrants [Member] |
Number of common shares called | 1,979,246
Number of warrant exercised | 2,421,894
Number of warrant exercised cashless basis | 41,687
Number of warrant exercisable | 1,809,309
Expiration date | Jul. 05, 2018
Description of cancellation policy | The Company may have the option to call for cancellation of all or any portion of the warrants for consideration equal to $0.001 per share, provided the quoted market price of the Company’s common stock exceeds $6.00 for a period of twenty consecutive trading days, subject to certain minimum volume restrictions and other restrictions as provided in the warrant agreements.

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