Enzo Biochem, Inc. Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Cover
- Document And Entity Information
Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Accounting Policies
- Accounting Policies, by Policy (Policies)
Notes Tables
Notes Details

Contingencies (Details)

v3.6.0.2

Contingencies (Details) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended							6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Contingencies (Details) $ in Millions	Jul. 31, 2016 USD ($)	May 31, 2016 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2004	Jan. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 20, 2014 USD ($)
Contingencies (Details) [Line Items]
Gain Contingency, Patents Allegedly Infringed upon, Number							6
Number of Licensee Patents								4
Gain Contingency, Patents Found Not Infringed upon, Number						1
Gain Contingencies Prejudgement Interest					$ 12.5
Period Over Which Settlement Amount Has to Be Paid										5 years
Number Of Pending Cases								7
Perkin Elmer [Member]
Contingencies (Details) [Line Items]
Escrow Deposit											$ 7.0
Affymetrix Inc [Member]
Contingencies (Details) [Line Items]
Payments for Legal Settlements				$ 6.8
Agilent Technologies, Inc [Member]
Contingencies (Details) [Line Items]
Payments for Legal Settlements			$ 6.1
Life Technologies Corporation [Member]
Contingencies (Details) [Line Items]
Payments for Legal Settlements		$ 24.3
Illumina Inc [Member]
Contingencies (Details) [Line Items]
Payments for Legal Settlements	$ 14.5
Subpoena [Member]
Contingencies (Details) [Line Items]
Estimated Litigation Settlement Amount										$ 2.0
Additional Payment of Litigation Settlement Amount									$ 1.5
Total liability for settlement agreement								$ 0.8
Current liability for settlement agreement								0.4
Other liability for settlement agreement								0.4
Indemnification Agreement [Member]
Contingencies (Details) [Line Items]
Gain Contingency, Unrecorded Amount								$ 48.5

- Definition

Additional payment of litigation settlement amount.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	enz_AdditionalPaymentOfLitigationSettlementAmount
Namespace Prefix:	enz_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	duration

- References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	enz_ContingenciesDetailsLineItems
Namespace Prefix:	enz_
Data Type:	xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

Current liability for settlement agreement.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	enz_CurrentLiabilityForSettlementAgreement
Namespace Prefix:	enz_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

Estimated litigation settlement amount.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	enz_EstimatedLitigationSettlementAmount
Namespace Prefix:	enz_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

Gain contingencies prejudgement interest.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	enz_GainContingenciesPrejudgementInterest
Namespace Prefix:	enz_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

Number of licensee patents.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	enz_NumberOfLicenseePatents
Namespace Prefix:	enz_
Data Type:	xbrli:integerItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

Number of pending cases.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	enz_NumberOfPendingCases
Namespace Prefix:	enz_
Data Type:	xbrli:integerItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

Other liability for settlement agreement.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	enz_OtherLiabilityForSettlementAgreement
Namespace Prefix:	enz_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

Period over which settlement amount has to be paid.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	enz_PeriodOverWhichSettlementAmountHasToBePaid
Namespace Prefix:	enz_
Data Type:	xbrli:durationItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

Total liability for settlement agreement.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	enz_TotalLiabilityForSettlementAgreement
Namespace Prefix:	enz_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

The designation of funds furnished by a borrower to a lender to assure future payments of the borrower's real estate taxes and insurance obligations with respect to a mortgaged property. Escrow deposits may be made for a variety of other purposes such as earnest money and contingent payments. This element excludes replacement reserves which are an escrow separately provided for within the US GAAP taxonomy.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.10)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_EscrowDeposit
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

Number of entity's patents that another entity has allegedly infringed.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_GainContingencyPatentsAllegedlyInfringedUponNumber
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:integerItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

Number of entity's patents that another entity was found not to have infringed.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_GainContingencyPatentsFoundNotInfringedUponNumber
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:integerItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

The amount or range of possible amounts of gain that could be realized upon the resolution of a contingency.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 450
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6397426&loc=d3e17499-108355

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_GainContingencyUnrecordedAmount
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

The amount of cash paid for the settlement of litigation or for other legal issues during the period.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 25
-Subparagraph (g)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66902209&loc=d3e3536-108585

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_PaymentsForLegalSettlements
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	duration

- Details

Name:	dei_LegalEntityAxis=enz_PerkinElmerMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

- Details

Name:	dei_LegalEntityAxis=enz_AffymetrixIncMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

- Details

Name:	dei_LegalEntityAxis=enz_AgilentTechnologiesIncMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

- Details

Name:	dei_LegalEntityAxis=enz_LifeTechnologiesCorporationMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

- Details

Name:	dei_LegalEntityAxis=enz_IlluminaIncMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis=enz_SubpoenaMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis=us-gaap_IndemnificationGuaranteeMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type: