7.  Leases



The Company leases 5,466 square feet of office space in Rockville, Maryland, with a lease term ending June 30, 2024.  Under the lease agreement, the Company pays its allocable portion of real estate taxes and common area operating charges, which are recorded as variable lease costs.  The lease has escalating rent payments for which the Company records lease expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term, and an option to terminate the leased premises, without penalty, on June 30, 2021.  The Company is reasonably certain that it will not remain in these leased premises after the optional termination date, and therefore, is using the optional termination date in assessing the lease term.



The components of lease expense were as follows:





The right-of-use asset and lease liability were calculated using an estimated incremental borrowing rate of 11%.  At September 30, 2020, the weighted average lease term was 0.8 years.



The table below summarizes the Company’s scheduled future minimum lease payments recorded on the balance sheet, as of September 30, 2020: