Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 74-8103

• Applied research: means those research activities occurring at educational institutions and in private enterprises, which have potential commercial application;

  (b) "basic research" means research that has long range generic value to an industry classification or group of companies. See Kansas Statutes 74-8103

• board: means the Kansas technology enterprise advisory board;

  (d) "department" means the department of commerce;

  (e) "educational institutions" means public and private community colleges, colleges and universities in the state;

  (f) "enterprise" means a firm with its principal place of business in Kansas which is engaged or proposes to be engaged in this state in agricultural, natural resource-based or other manufacturing, research and development, or the provision of technology-based services;

  (g) "new technology" means the development through science or research of methods, processes and procedures, including but not limited to those involving the utilization of agricultural products and by-products and oil and gas and other mineral resources for practical application in industrial and service situations;

  (h) "person" means any individual, partnership, corporation or joint venture carrying on business or proposing to carry on business within the state;

  (i) "product" means any product, device, technique or process, which is or may be developed or marketed commercially; however, "product" does not refer to basic research but shall apply to such products, devices, techniques or processes which have advanced beyond the theoretical stage and are in a prototype or practice stage;

  (j) "qualified security" means any public or private financial arrangement, involving any note, security, debenture, evidence of indebtedness, certificate of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement, preorganization certificate or subscription, transferable security, investment contract, certificate of deposit for a security, certificate of interest or participation in a patent or application therefor, or in royalty or other payments under such a patent or application, or, in general, any interest or instrument commonly known as a "security" or any certificate for, receipt for, guarantee of, or option, warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase any of the foregoing to the extent allowed by law;

  (k) "secretary" means the secretary of commerce; and

  (l) "seed capital" means financing that is provided for the development, refinement and commercialization of a product, process or innovation, whether for the startup of a new firm, the expansion or the restructuring of a small firm. See Kansas Statutes 74-8103

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• secretary: means the secretary of commerce. See Kansas Statutes 74-8132
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201