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	Jun. 03, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	May 29, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Jun. 16, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014 Subordinated convertible note	Jun. 17, 2013 Subordinated convertible note STI	Jun. 18, 2013 Subordinated convertible note STI Mandatory Conversion-Qualifying IPO	Jun. 03, 2014 Senior convertible notes	Sep. 30, 2014 Senior convertible notes	Jun. 17, 2013 Senior convertible notes	Jun. 18, 2013 Senior convertible notes Mandatory Conversion-Qualifying IPO	Jun. 16, 2013 Resonant LLC	Dec. 31, 2012 Resonant LLC	Sep. 30, 2014 MDB	Jun. 03, 2014 MDB	Sep. 30, 2014 MDB Financing Warrant	Jun. 17, 2013 MDB Financing Warrant	Sep. 30, 2014 MDB Consulting warrant	Jun. 17, 2013 MDB Consulting warrant	Jun. 18, 2013 MDB Senior convertible notes	Sep. 30, 2014 Founders Resonant LLC	Jun. 17, 2013 Founders Resonant LLC	Mar. 31, 2013 Founders Resonant LLC Bridge Loan	Jul. 06, 2012 Founders Class B units Resonant LLC	Jul. 31, 2012 Founders Class B units Resonant LLC
Organization and description of business
Initial contributions																													$ 200,000	$ 200,000
Debt issued											2,400,000				7,000,000													200,000
Number of shares of common stock into which debt will be automatically converted												700,000				2,087,667
Interest rate (as a percent)															6.00%
Deferred financing costs				1,154,234																					700,000
Warrants to purchase shares of common stock (in shares)																				310,500		208,763	222,222	222,222			124,998
Common stock issued in initial public offering, or IPO (in shares)	3,105,000
Share price (in dollars per share)	$ 6.00						$ 6.00	$ 5.54
Net proceeds received, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses	16,200,000				18,630,000
Warrant term																			5 years		7 years		7 years			5 years
Exercise price (in dollars per unit/share)																				$ 7.50	$ 3.35		$ 0.01			$ 0.40
Warrant exercisable duration from the date of the underwriting agreement																			180 days
Conversion of Convertible Notes into shares of common stock (in shares)													2,087,667
Cash paid for accrued interest					413,754									403,667
Accrued interest										0
Lockup period for shares issued on conversion Convertible Notes										12 months				180 days
Revenue						0
Accumulated losses incurred		1,445,484	1,226,516	2,488,229	7,559,337	19,000,000											784,731
Accumulated deficit		(19,025,302)			(19,025,302)	(19,025,302)		(11,465,965)
Cash and cash equivalents		7,685,390	4,402,550	4,402,550	7,685,390	7,685,390		3,338,979	52,362								52,362	89,044
Short-term investments		$ 8,000,000			$ 8,000,000	$ 8,000,000