North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) Canada 2022 Version 1.0

642 - Research and experimental development services

This group comprises research and experimental development services in natural sciences, engineering and technology, medical and health sciences, agricultural and veterinary sciences, social sciences, and humanities and the arts. Research and experimental development (R&D) comprise creative and systemic work undertaken in order to increase the stock of knowledge - including knowledge of humankind, culture and society - and to devise new applications of available knowledge. The term R&D refers to three types of activity: basic research, applied research and experimental development. Basic research refers to experimental or theoretical work undertaken primarily to acquire new knowledge of the underlying foundations of phenomena and observable facts, without any particular application or use in view. Applied research refers to original investigation undertaken in order to acquire new knowledge. It is, however, directed primarily towards a specific, practical aim or objective. Experimental development is systematic work, drawing on knowledge gained from research and practical experience and producing additional knowledge, which is directed to producing new products or processes or to improving existing products or processes.

64234 - Research and experimental developmental services in agricultural and veterinary sciences

This class comprises research and experimental development services in agricultural and veterinary sciences. Agricultural and veterinary sciences refers to scientific disciplines concerned with understanding, exploring or developing the natural world. Research services consist of systematic investigation carried by means of experiment or analysis to achieve a scientific or technological advance such as acquiring new knowledge of the underlying foundation of phenomena and observable facts. Experimental development services consist of new or substantially improved goods, services, systems, methods or processes.

642344 - Research and experimental developmental services in agricultural biotechnology (including food sciences)

This subclass comprises research and experimental development services in disciplines concerned with understanding, exploring or developing the natural world such as agricultural biotechnology, including food sciences. Research services consist of systematic investigation carried by means of experiment or analysis to achieve a scientific or technological advance such as acquiring new knowledge of the underlying foundation of phenomena and observable facts. Experimental development services consist of new or substantially improved goods, services, systems, methods or processes.

6423441 - Research and experimental developmental services in agricultural biotechnology (including food sciences)

Research and experimental developmental services in disciplines concerned with understanding, exploring or developing the natural world such as agricultural biotechnology, including food sciences. Research services consist of systematic investigation carried by means of experiment or analysis to achieve a scientific or technological advance such as acquiring new knowledge of the underlying foundation of phenomena and observable facts. Experimental development services consist of new or substantially improved goods, services, systems, methods or processes.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • research and experimental development services in agricultural biotechnology diagnostics (including biosensors)
  • research and experimental development services in agricultural marine biotechnology
  • research and experimental development services in agricultural molecular engineering of nucleic acids and proteins
  • research and experimental development services in food biotechnology
  • research and experimental development services in food chemistry and molecular gastronomy
  • research and experimental development services in food engineering
  • research and experimental development services in genetically modified animals
  • research and experimental development services in genetically modified field crops and pasture
  • research and experimental development services in genetically modified trees
  • research and experimental development services in livestock cloning
  • research and experimental development services in transgenesis
  • research and experimental development services in wine chemistry and wine sensory science

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