industrial research
Defined in 1 place of the United States Code.
The term “industrial research” means planned search or critical investigation aimed at the discovery of new knowledge, with the objective that such knowledge may be useful in developing new products, processes, or services, or in bringing about a significant improvement to existing products, processes, or services.
Source
- 1994–present19 U.S.C. § 1677Customs Duties · Definitions; special rules · for purposes of this subtitle