The period of time, from the grant date until the time at which the share-based option award expires.

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Amount of expense for award under share-based payment arrangement. Excludes amount capitalized.

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Amount of cost to be recognized for option under share-based payment arrangement.

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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Share-Based Compensation - Fair Value assumptions for stock option plan (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018
Share-Based compensation
Share-based compensation expense	$ 177,000	$ 173,000	$ 200,000
2009 Plan \| Employee
Share-Based compensation
Share-based compensation expense	0	0	0
2009 Plan \| Non-employee director
Share-Based compensation
Share-based compensation expense	0	173,000	200,000
2009 Plan \| Options
Share-Based compensation
Unrecognized compensation cost, related to non-vested stock options	$ 0
2009 Plan \| Options \| Minimum
Share-Based compensation
Vesting period	3 years
2009 Plan \| Options \| Maximum
Share-Based compensation
Expiration term	10 years
Vesting period	5 years
2019 Plan \| Non-employee director
Share-Based compensation
Share-based compensation expense	$ 160,000	0	0
2019 Plan \| Options
Share-Based compensation
Share-based compensation expense	17,337	$ 0	$ 0
Unrecognized compensation cost, related to non-vested stock options	$ 345,363
2019 Plan \| Options \| Minimum
Share-Based compensation
Vesting period	3 years
2019 Plan \| Options \| Maximum
Share-Based compensation
Expiration term	10 years
Vesting period	5 years