Energous Corporation Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 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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Commitments and Contingencies - Operating Leases - Additional Information (Detail)

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Commitments and Contingencies - Operating Leases - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)						3 Months Ended
	Mar. 13, 2019	May 31, 2017	Aug. 25, 2015	Feb. 26, 2015	Sep. 10, 2014	Sep. 30, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019	Jan. 01, 2019
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Operating lease right-of-use assets							$ 287,134
Operating lease liabilities							$ 331,261
Remaining weighted average operating lease terms							6 months
Weighted average discount rate used to measure the outstanding operating lease liabilities							10.00%
ASU No. 2016-02 [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Operating lease right-of-use assets								$ 414,426
Operating lease liabilities								$ 485,747
San Jose, California [Member] \| Amended Sub-lease Agreement [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Operating leases, rent expense, net							$ 4,578
Lease expiration date			Jun. 30, 2019
San Jose, California [Member] \| Sub-lease Agreement [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Operating leases, rent expense, sublease rentals							$ 6,668
Lease expiration date				Jun. 30, 2019
Costa Mesa, California [Member] \| Sub-lease Agreement [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Operating leases, rent expense		$ 9,040
Lease expiration date		Sep. 30, 2019
Balzer Family Investments Lp [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Operating leases expiration period					60 months
Operating leases, rent expense					$ 36,720
Balzer Family Investments Lp [Member] \| Lease Agreement [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Lease expiration date	Sep. 30, 2019
Balzer Family Investments Lp [Member] \| Lease Agreement [Member] \| Scenario Forecast [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Operating leases, rent expense						$ 48,372

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