[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR35.001]

[Page 701]
 
            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 35_RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CONTRACTING--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  35.001  Definitions.

    Applied research means the effort that (a) normally follows basic 
research, but may not be severable from the related basic research; (b) 
attempts to determine and exploit the potential of scientific 
discoveries or improvements in technology, materials, processes, 
methods, devices, or techniques; and (c) attempts to advance the state 
of the art. When being used by contractors in cost principle 
applications, this term does not include efforts whose principal aim is 
the design, development, or testing of specific items or services to be 
considered for sale; these efforts are within the definition of 
development, given below.
    Development, as used in this part, means the systematic use of 
scientific and technical knowledge in the design, development, testing, 
or evaluation of a potential new product or service (or of an 
improvement in an existing product or service) to meet specific 
performance requirements or objectives. It includes the functions of 
design engineering, prototyping, and engineering testing; it excludes 
subcontracted technical effort that is for the sole purpose of 
developing an additional source for an existing product.
    Recoupment, as used in this part, means the recovery by the 
Government of Government-funded nonrecurring costs from contractors that 
sell, lease, or license the resulting products or technology to buyers 
other than the Federal Government.

[48 FR 42352, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 53 FR 27467, July 20, 1988; 
55 FR 3884, Feb. 5, 1990; 66 FR 2132, Jan. 10, 2001]