Government Assistance	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Unusual or Infrequent Items, or Both [Abstract]
Government Assistance	7. Government Assistance Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) On April 20, 2020, the Company executed a promissory note (the “Promissory Note”) with Bank of America, N.A., which provided for an unsecured loan in the amount of $1,805,856, pursuant to the PPP under the CARES Act. The loan had a two-year term and bore interest at a fixed rate of 1.0% per annum, and monthly principal and interest payments were deferred for six months after the date of disbursement. The Promissory Note contained events of default and other provisions customary for a loan of this type. The loan was funded on April 23, 2020. The PPP also provides that such a loan may be partially or wholly forgiven if the funds are used for certain qualifying expenses as described in the CARES Act, and later amended by the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act (the "Flexibility Act") signed into law on June 5, 2020. Such forgiveness is determined, subject to limitations, based on the use of loan proceeds for payment of payroll costs and any payments of mortgage interest, rent, and utilities. Management evaluated the legal and contractual terms associated with the loan, and concluded that, although the legal form of the loan is debt, it represented in substance a government grant that was expected to be forgiven. Given the lack of definitive authoritative guidance under GAAP for accounting for government grants, the Company analogized to accounting guidance under International Accounting Standard No. 20, “Accounting for Government Grants and Disclosure of Government Assistance.” Under such guidance, once it is probable that the conditions attached to the assistance will be met, the earnings impact of government grants is recorded on a systematic basis over the periods in which the entity recognizes as expenses the related costs for which the grants are intended to compensate. Accordingly, the Company recognized $1.8 million as a reduction to operating expenses in the Prior Year. No interest expense related to the loan was recorded in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. On September 29, 2021, the U.S. Small Business Administration, as authorized by the CARES Act, remitted payment of $1.8 million to Bank of America, N.A. for full forgiveness of the Company’s Promissory Note under the PPP. This event had no impact on the Current Year statement of operations, as the benefit of the PPP had already been fully recognized in the Prior Year, as described in the previous paragraph. Economic Incentive Disaster Loan (EIDL) Concurrently with the PPP loan, in May 2020 the Company also received a $10,000 Economic Incentive Disaster Loan (“EIDL”) Advance through the U.S. Small Business Administration. Similar to the PPP loan, the EIDL Advance represented a grant that does not have to be repaid, and as such, the Company recognized $10,000 as a reduction to operating expenses in the Prior Year. In total between the PPP and EIDL, the Company recognized approximately $1.8 million as a reduction to operating expenses in the Prior Year.

Government Assistance

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Unusual or Infrequent Items, or Both [Abstract]

7. Government Assistance

Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)

On April 20, 2020, the Company executed a promissory note (the “Promissory Note”) with Bank of America, N.A., which provided for an unsecured loan in the amount of $1,805,856, pursuant to the PPP under the CARES Act. The loan had a two-year term and bore interest at a fixed rate of 1.0% per annum, and monthly principal and interest payments were deferred for six months after the date of disbursement. The Promissory Note contained events of default and other provisions customary for a loan of this type. The loan was funded on April 23, 2020.

The PPP also provides that such a loan may be partially or wholly forgiven if the funds are used for certain qualifying expenses as described in the CARES Act, and later amended by the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act (the "Flexibility Act") signed into law on June 5, 2020. Such forgiveness is determined, subject to limitations, based on the use of loan proceeds for payment of payroll costs and any payments of mortgage interest, rent, and utilities.

Management evaluated the legal and contractual terms associated with the loan, and concluded that, although the legal form of the loan is debt, it represented in substance a government grant that was expected to be forgiven. Given the lack of definitive authoritative guidance under GAAP for accounting for government grants, the Company analogized to accounting guidance under International Accounting Standard No. 20, “Accounting for Government Grants and Disclosure of Government Assistance.” Under such guidance, once it is probable that the conditions attached to the assistance will be met, the earnings impact of government grants is recorded on a systematic basis over the periods in which the entity recognizes as expenses the related costs for which the grants are intended to compensate. Accordingly, the Company recognized $1.8 million as a reduction to operating expenses in the Prior Year. No interest expense related to the loan was recorded in the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

On September 29, 2021, the U.S. Small Business Administration, as authorized by the CARES Act, remitted payment of $1.8 million to Bank of America, N.A. for full forgiveness of the Company’s Promissory Note under the PPP. This event had no impact on the Current Year statement of operations, as the benefit of the PPP had already been fully recognized in the Prior Year, as described in the previous paragraph.

Economic Incentive Disaster Loan (EIDL)

Concurrently with the PPP loan, in May 2020 the Company also received a $10,000 Economic Incentive Disaster Loan (“EIDL”) Advance through the U.S. Small Business Administration. Similar to the PPP loan, the EIDL Advance represented a grant that does not have to be repaid, and as such, the Company recognized $10,000 as a reduction to operating expenses in the Prior Year.

In total between the PPP and EIDL, the Company recognized approximately $1.8 million as a reduction to operating expenses in the Prior Year.