Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

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- Document and Entity Information
Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Accounting Policies
- Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)
Notes Tables
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Stockholders' Equity (Deficit) (Details)

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Stockholders' Equity (Deficit) (Details) - USD ($)							12 Months Ended
Stockholders' Equity (Deficit) (Details) - USD ($)	Nov. 02, 2015	Oct. 31, 2015	Aug. 13, 2015	Aug. 05, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014	Sep. 08, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Fair market value of shares					$ 1.77		$ 2.18
Volatility					80.00%		80.00%
Consulting Warrants [Member]
Fair market value of shares	$ 4.89	$ 5.00
Assumed exercise price	$ 6.00	$ 3.00
Term in years	1 year	2 years 9 months
Volatility	80.00%	80.00%
Annual rate of dividends	0.00%	0.00%
Discount rate	1.26%	1.26%
Call option value	$ 1.21	$ 2.28
Warrant shares issued	30,000	12,500
Warrants fair value	$ 36,266	$ 28,460
Financing Warrants [Member]
Fair market value of shares				$ 5.00	$ 1.77		$ 2.18
Assumed exercise price				$ 3.00	$ 3.00		$ 3.00
Term in years				4 years 3 months	5 years		4 years 10 months 2 days
Volatility				80.00%	80.00%		80.00%
Annual rate of dividends				0.00%	0.00%		0.00%
Discount rate				1.55%	1.62%		1.65%
Call option value				$ 3.51	$ 0.88		$ 1.14
Warrant shares issued				251,187	220,268		220,268
Warrants fair value				$ 881,359	$ 212,155		$ 275,827
Financing Warrants [Member] \| IPO [Member]
Fair market value of shares				$ 5.00
Assumed exercise price				$ 6.00
Term in years				5 years
Volatility				80.00%
Annual rate of dividends				0.00%
Discount rate				1.64%
Call option value				$ 3.05
Warrant shares issued				660,000
Warrants fair value				$ 2,013,870
Financing Warrants [Member] \| Over-Allotment Option [Member]
Fair market value of shares			$ 5.36
Assumed exercise price			$ 6.00
Term in years			5 years
Volatility			80.00%
Annual rate of dividends			0.00%
Discount rate			1.57%
Call option value			$ 3.34
Warrant shares issued			64,193
Warrants fair value			$ 214,243
Liquid Patent Consulting, LLC [Member] \| Consulting Warrants [Member]
Fair market value of shares						$ 1.64
Assumed exercise price						$ 0.0034375
Term in years						3 years
Volatility						80.00%
Annual rate of dividends						0.00%
Discount rate						1.02%
Call option value						$ 1.49
Warrant shares issued						436,364
Warrants fair value						$ 713,745

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