The use of the term in corporate spheres is also diluted. According to the "best and brightest", R&D is now nothing more than patent pursuit. If the systems us

The use of the term in corporate spheres is also diluted. According to the "best and brightest", R&D is now nothing more than patent pursuit. If the systems used for production are old and buggy, fixing that ( including significant new development ) is not considered "R&D", no matter how proprietary said systems may be.