North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) Canada 2017 Version 2.0

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 primarly 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 primarly towards a specific, pratical 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.

64232 - Research and experimental developmental services in engineering and technology

This class comprises research and experimental development services in engineering and technology. Engineering and technology 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.

642322 - Research and experimental developmental services in electrical engineering, electronic engineering and information engineering

This subclass comprises research services in disciplines concerned with understanding, exploring or developing the natural world such as electrical engineering, electronic engineering and information engineering. 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.

6423221 - Research and experimental developmental services in electrical engineering, electronic engineering and information engineering

Research and experimental developmental services in disciplines concerned with understanding, exploring or developing the natural world such as electrical engineering, electronic engineering and information engineering. 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 arithmetic and logic structures
  • research and experimental development services in communications technologies
  • research and experimental development services in computer hardware
  • research and experimental development services in data communications
  • research and experimental development services in industrial electronics
  • research and experimental development services in microwave and millimetrewave theory and technology
  • research and experimental development services in optical fibre communications
  • research and experimental development services in photodetectors, optical sensors and solar cells
  • research and experimental development services in power and energy systems engineering
  • research and experimental development services in processor architectures
  • research and experimental development services in renewable power and energy systems engineering
  • research and experimental development services in wireless communications

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• Exclusion(s)

  • design of buildings and civil engineering works for implementation of efficient and safe scientific principles (See 77221 Engineering services)
  • neurobotics (See 6423311 Research and experimental developmental services in basic medicine)
  • research and experimental development services in optical communications (See 6423131 Research and experimental developmental services in physical sciences)