Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Contingencies (Details)

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Contingencies (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
 1 Months Ended 6 Months Ended 21 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2012
Jun. 30, 2004
Jan. 31, 2015
Jun. 30, 2004
Jul. 31, 2014
Apr. 30, 2014
Jun. 20, 2014
Contingencies (Details) [Line Items]              
Gain Contingency, Patents Allegedly Infringed upon, Number   6us-gaap_GainContingencyPatentsAllegedlyInfringedUponNumber          
Number of Licensee Patents     4enz_NumberOfLicenseePatents        
Gain Contingency, Patents Found Not Infringed upon, Number 1us-gaap_GainContingencyPatentsFoundNotInfringedUponNumber            
Gain Contingencies Prejudgement Interest     $ 12.5enz_GainContingenciesPrejudgementInterest        
Loss Contingency, Number of Defendants       2us-gaap_LossContingencyNumberOfDefendants      
Extended Period of Schedule for Damages Discovery     50 days        
Indemnification Agreement [Member]              
Contingencies (Details) [Line Items]              
Gain Contingency, Unrecorded Amount     48.5us-gaap_GainContingencyUnrecordedAmount
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
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Subpoena [Member] | Minimum [Member]              
Contingencies (Details) [Line Items]              
Litigation Settlement Period         2004    
Amount of Additional Capital Receipt Condition for Litigation Settlement         10.0enz_AmountOfAdditionalCapitalReceiptConditionForLitigationSettlement
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= enz_SubpoenaMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember 		   
Subpoena [Member] | Maximum [Member]              
Contingencies (Details) [Line Items]              
Litigation Settlement Period         2014    
Subpoena [Member]              
Contingencies (Details) [Line Items]              
Investigation Period     The time period initially covered by the investigation was from 2004 through 2011        
Estimated Litigation Settlement Amount           2.0enz_EstimatedLitigationSettlementAmount
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= enz_SubpoenaMember 		 
Period Over Which Settlement Amount Has to Be Paid           5 years  
Estimated Litigation Liability, Current     0.4us-gaap_LitigationReserveCurrent
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= enz_SubpoenaMember 		       
Estimated Litigation Liability, Noncurrent     1.2us-gaap_LitigationReserveNoncurrent
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= enz_SubpoenaMember 		       
Additional Payment of Litigation Settlement Amount         1.5enz_AdditionalPaymentOfLitigationSettlementAmount
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= enz_SubpoenaMember 		   
Percentage of Additional Payment of Litigation Settlement Amount over Additional Capital Receipt         20.00%enz_PercentageOfAdditionalPaymentOfLitigationSettlementAmountOverAdditionalCapitalReceipt
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= enz_SubpoenaMember 		   
Perkin Elmer [Member]              
Contingencies (Details) [Line Items]              
Escrow Deposit             $ 7.0us-gaap_EscrowDeposit
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