Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail) - Jun. 30, 2015	USD ($) ft²
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Annual base rent	$ 471,000
Increased percentage of Company's annual base rent	3.00%
Tenant improvement allowances	$ 675,690
Unamortized lease incentives	$ 419,619
Building [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Amended office space subject to the lease \| ft²	22,523
Other current liabilities [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Unamortized lease incentives	$ 104,905
Other non-current liabilities [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Unamortized lease incentives	314,714
Standby letter of credit [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Standby letter of credit to the landlord	$ 210,000

Amount of annual base rent of leased assets, including but not limited to, offices and other facilities.

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Area of land held.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

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The percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the lessee's operating lease.

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of improvements having a life longer than one year that were made for the benefit of one or more tenants.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 944

-SubTopic 210

-Section S99

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