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Litigation (Details) $ in Thousands	Apr. 07, 2023	Oct. 30, 2020 USD ($) Infringment Patent $ / Device	Sep. 25, 2020 Appeal	Nov. 06, 2012 USD ($) $ / Device
VirnetX Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc. (USCAFC Case 23-1765) [Member]
Litigation [Abstract]
Opening brief due period	60 days
Positive Outcome of Litigation [Member] | VirnetX Inc. v. Apple, Inc. (Case 6:12-CV-00855-LED) ("Apple II") [Member]
Litigation [Abstract]
Amount of damages awarded in patent infringement case | $		$ 502,800		$ 502,600
Royalty rate per device used in calculating infringement damages				1.2
Number of patents allegedly infringed upon by Apple, Inc. | Patent		2
Damages awarded per accused device		0.84
Number of infringing units | Infringment		598,629,580
Positive Outcome of Litigation [Member] | VirnetX Inc. v. The Mangrove Partners (Case 20-2271 and Case 20-2272) ("Consolidated Appeal") [Member]
Litigation [Abstract]
Number of appeals consolidated | Appeal			2

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Number of entity's patents that another entity was found to have infringed.

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