AUTHENTIX, INC.

Description: Optical devices in the nature of labels and holographic overlays for documents, carrying optically recorded or encoded information consisting of plasmonic nano-scale structures applied to government issued identification documents that create a visible optically variable effect and include machine readable technologies that facilitate visual authentication, tracking and preventing falsification and counterfeit

Description: Optical devices in the nature of machine-readable hologram apparatus and labels carrying optically recorded or encoded information, where the information is recorded and encoded via labels comprised of plasmonic nano-scale structures and where the labels are applied to documents, namely, banknotes, currency, travellers' checks, personal checking account checks, identification documents, passports, and drivers' licenses, and where the labels create a visible optically variable effect and include machine readable technologies that facilitate visual authentication, tracking and preventing of falsification and counterfeiting of the documents; Threads of plastic materials, not for textile use, where the plastic threads comprise chemical fibers, semi-processed plastic ribbon threads, semi-processed plastic ribbon threads with an etched metal coating, polymeric and metallized polymeric plastic threads, all for use in currency and security documents

Description: Scientific equipment and instruments for authentication, traceability, security, filtering, certification, protection, immutable marking, fingerprint collection, customization, content recognition, pirated copy detection and anticounterfeiting, namely, imaging sensors incorporating a combination camera and image evaluation processor; data processing equipment and computers for high-speed, high-resolution imaging and image evaluation for detection of denomination, series and orientation of notes and currency and for fitness evaluation of notes and currency; downloadable computer software for high-speed, high-resolution imaging and image evaluation for detection of denomination, series and orientation of notes and currency and for fitness evaluation of notes and currency; downloadable computer software for CDI2 compliant image/data streaming of notes and currency for use by other sensing processors and evaluation systems and for storage of combined data for research, analysis and system enhancements over time; electronic and optical apparatus and instruments for protecting documents against counterfeiting, namely, imaging sensors incorporating a combination camera and image evaluation processor; tools for checking, identifying and authenticating products, namely, imaging sensors incorporating a combination camera and image evaluation processor for checking, identifying, and authenticating denomination, series and orientation of notes and currency and for checking, identifying, and authenticating fitness of notes and currency; tools for checking, identifying and authenticating products, namely, imaging sensors producing CDI2 compliant image/data streaming of notes and currency for use by other sensing processors and evaluation systems and for storage of combined data for research, analysis and system enhancements over time; detectors for detecting denomination, series and orientation of notes and currency; detectors for evaluating fitness of notes and currency; apparatus for checking the authenticity of banknotes

Description: Apparatus for checking the authenticity of banknotes; Counterfeit money detector markers; Electric or electronic sensors for authenticating currency when used with high speed Banknote Sorting Machines (BSMs); Downloadable computer application software for use with high speed Banknote Sorting Machines (BSMs), namely, software for authenticating currency; Recorded computer application software for use with high speed Banknote Sorting Machines (BSMs), namely, software for authenticating currency; Installation, maintenance and repair of apparatus for checking the authenticity of banknotes

Description: Optical devices in the nature of machine-readable hologram apparatus and labels carrying optically recorded or encoded information, where the information is recorded and encoded via labels comprised of plasmonic nano-scale structures and where the labels are applied to documents, namely, banknotes, currency, and where the labels create a visible optically variable effect and include machine readable technologies that facilitate visual authentication, tracking and preventing of falsification and counterfeiting of the documents; Threads of plastic materials, not for textile use, where the plastic threads comprise chemical fibers, semi-processed plastic ribbon threads, semi-processed plastic ribbon threads with an etched metal coating, polymeric and metallized polymeric plastic threads, all for use in currency and security documents

Description: Optical devices in the nature of labels and holographic overlays for documents, carrying optically recorded or encoded information consisting of plasmonic nano-scale structures applied to government issued identification documents that create a visible optically variable effect and include machine readable technologies that facilitate visual authentication, tracking and preventing falsification and counterfeit.

Description: Optical devices in the nature of labels carrying optically recorded or encoded information, where the information is recorded and encoded via labels, labels in the shape of patches, and labels in the shape of tags, all comprised of plasmonic nano-scale structures that passively creates a visible optically variable effect and include machine readable technologies that facilitate visual authentication, tracking and preventing of falsification and counterfeiting of goods, none requiring charge or variable excitation to actively create an effect

Description: Manufacturing consulting services relating to product markers that are product authentication security devices and materials that are affixed and embedded in a wide variety of products for purposes of product authentication and chain of custody verification; Recorded and downloadable computer software for applying anti-counterfeiting and authentication technologies to customer goods, documents, product packaging, digitally produced images, and labels for use in the field of labeling, serialization, tracing, or tracking of same; recorded and downloadable computer software for detecting counterfeits and verifying the authenticity of customer goods, documents, product packaging, digitally produced images, and labels; recorded and downloadable software used for verifying banknote fitness and bank note authentication; RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) cards; blank and encoded electronic chip cards for security, access control, and item and people tracking purposes; recorded and downloadable database management software for organization and presentation of data related to products marked for purposes of product authentication, namely, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, alcohol, petroleum products, fuels and oils, product packaging and product labeling, and for organization and presentation of data related laboratory analysis of samples for authentication, chain of custody verification, and marker identification and use; holographs, namely, electronic machines used to apply holographic overlay and to set up and control holograms and their verification; integrated circuits for holographic recordings embedded into plastic cards; magnetically encoded credit cards; apparatus and instruments for marking and labeling of products for purposes of product authentication and chain of custody verification, namely, printers, readers, namely, bar code and optical readers, and scanners for inks, compounds, dispersion or polymer concentrates containing marking compounds; encoded micro particulates, tags and taggants of plastic, metal or silicate for use in the field of passive labeling, tracing or tracking of persons, animals and goods; encoded micro taggants of plastic, metal or silicate for use in the field of passive labeling, tracing or tracking of industrial oils and greases, lubricants, fuels, illuminants, gas, natural gas, and liquefied natural gas; apparatus and instruments for marking and labeling of products for purposes of product authentication and chain of custody verification, namely, printers, readers, namely, bar code and optical readers, and scanners for inks, compounds, dispersion or polymer concentrates containing marking compounds; recorded and downloadable computer software for the organization and presentation of data related to products marked for purposes of product authentication, chain of custody verification, e-commerce and encryption; Consulting services in the field of parcel product delivery; Herbicides, pesticides, and fungicides; Message sending; computer aided transmission of messages and images; information about telecommunication; satellite transmission; transmission of digital files; network transmission of sounds, images, signals and database; electronic information transmission; computer aided information transmission; information transmission through an electronic communication network; digital network communication service; Business investigations and consultation, namely, providing business investigations, analysis and consultation including field sampling and customized reporting in the fields of product marker development, product tag development and product labeling; business risk management, namely, risk analysis of product supply chains, namely, raw material and finished product distributor and supply chains, for purposes of anti-counterfeiting, anti-diversion and anti-product tampering; business management and consulting, namely, design, implementation and management of product authentication and chain of custody programs; excise tax recovery services; cost accounting, namely, providing analysis of revenue lost from counterfeiting, diversion and product tampering; business consultation in the field of tracking and tracing of packages in transit, in particular relating to verification of chain of custody of delivered parcels; consulting regarding intellectual property business risk mitigation processes; Polychromatic color shifting printing inks; fluorescent dyes for general industrial use, printing inks, and security coatings in the nature of colorants; dyes and inks, namely, dyes and inks used as colorants in the manufacture of markers; printing inks, coatings, pigments and dispersions for use on labels, cartons and packaging; Chemicals, chemical compounds, isotopically labeled chemical compounds, and biochemicals used as trace additives to indicate ownership or origin of tagged fluids and materials; chemical and biochemical reagents for non-medical purposes, namely, for use in authenticating goods in the oil and gas, banking, currency, paper, coin and bank note manufacture, pharmaceutical, alcohol, tobacco, consumer goods, medical, pharmaceutical, explosives, and agrochemical industries; chemicals for use in industry, namely, chemical markers for use in industrial oils and greases, lubricants, fuels, illuminants, gas, natural gas, and liquefied natural gas; ingestible and edible organic compounds in the nature of proteins, saccharides, oligonucleotides and DNA markers for authenticating goods for use in the manufacture of spirit drinks, pharmaceuticals, nutriceuticals and food products; Private investigations and related consulting in connection with product counterfeiting, diversion, brand degradation and liability claims; private investigation services, namely, compiling chain of custody evidence for purposes of anti-counterfeiting, anti-diversion and anti-product tampering actions; consulting services, namely, consultation in the fields of product and document authentication and tracking, and brand monitoring and protection, to protect against counterfeiting, tampering, and diversion, and to ensure the integrity of genuine products and documents; anti-counterfeiting consulting in the fields of product markers for purposes of product authentication and chain of custody verification; enforcing intellectual property rights by means of submitting copyright takedown notices for others; monitoring intellectual property rights for legal advisory purposes; intellectual property watching services; verification of personal identity as part of personal background investigations; consultancy relating to intellectual property; advisory services relating to intellectual property rights; Development of new technology for others in the field of chemical identification markers; data automation and collection service using proprietary software to evaluate, analyze and collect service data; product quality control sampling; product authentication in the chemical, pharmaceutical, healthcare, alcohol, petroleum, banking, currency, consumer goods, industrial goods, agrochemicals, explosives, and tobacco industries; consulting services in the field of product labeling, product quality control sampling and laboratory analysis of samples, all in the field of product tracking, chain of custody verification and product authentication; scientific and laboratory services for engineering and product sample testing for use in anti-counterfeiting, manufacturing, quality control, and development of new technology for others in the fields of product markers for purposes of product authentication and chain of custody verification; providing consultation in the development of chemical identification markers; developing chemical identification markers; developing chemical identification markers; consulting services for quality control and for development of new technology for others in the fields of product markers for purposes of product authentication and chain of custody verification; design and implementation of software and technology solutions for the purpose of product and document authentication and tracking, and brand monitoring and protection, to protect against counterfeiting, tampering, and diversion, and to ensure the integrity of genuine products and documents; data automation and collection services using proprietary software to evaluate, analyze and collect service data

Description: Optical devices in the nature of labels, carrying optically recorded or encoded information consisting of plasmonic nano-scale structures applied to documents and substrates that create a visible optically variable effect and include machine readable technologies that facilitate visual authentication, tracking and preventing of falsification of currency, documents and goods

Description: Holographic film; holographic film for banknote authentication and verification; holographic film for use in brand protection; holographic foils; holographic foils for use in brand protection; holographic security apparatus; holographic security apparatus for use in brand protection; holograms for product authentication and verification; application software for point-of-purchase product authentication; application software for track and trace for use in brand protection; Security foils; security foils for the validation of product authenticity; security threads; security threads featuring colour-shift technology for use in brand protection and banknote authentication and verification; security threads for use against theft and evidence tampering; security stripes in the nature of security film, security strips and security patches for use against theft and evidence tampering; security threads for use in brand protection and banknote authentication and verification; security stripes in the nature of security film, security strips and security patches for use in brand protection and banknote authentication and verification; films of plastic for the validation of product authenticity; security threads of plastic for the validation of product authenticity; security threads of plastic for use in brand protection and banknote authentication and verification; Tamper evident security labels, tags and packaging made for paper, cardboard, and polymer substrates; tamper evident labels, tags and packaging made for paper, cardboard, and polymer substrates, for use in brand protection and banknote authentication and verification; tamper evident security labels, tags and packaging made for paper, cardboard, and polymer substrates, featuring multiple image transitions for use in brand protection; security threads of paper for use in brand protection and banknote authentication and verification

Description: Holographic film encoded with security features for authentication purposes; holographic film encoded with security features for authentication purposes for use in brand protection; holographic foils encoded with security features for authentication purposes; holographic foils encoded with security features for authentication purposes for use in brand protection; holographic security apparatus encoded with security features for authentication purposes; holographic security apparatus encoded with security features for authentication purposes for use in brand protection; holograms for product authentication and verification encoded with security features for authentication purposes; downloadable application software for point of purchase product authentication; downloadable application software for tracking and tracing for use in brand protection; Polypropylene foil other than for packaging, namely, security foils; polypropylene foil other than for packaging, namely, security foils for the validation of product authenticity; plastic threads, not for textile use, namely, security threads; plastic threads, not for textile use, namely, security threads featuring colour-shift technology for use in brand protection; photoluminescent security strips for use in product authentication; photoluminescent security strips for use in brand protection; films of plastic in the nature of polyurethane films for the validation of product authenticity; plastic threads, not for textile use, namely, security threads of plastic for the validation of product authenticity; plastic threads, not for textile use, namely, security threads of plastic for use in brand protection; Tamper evident paper security labels, paper tags, and packaging materials of paper; tamper evident paper labels, paper tags, and packaging materials of paperfor use in brand protection; tamper evident paper security labels, paper tags, and packaging materials of paper featuring multiple image transitions for use in brand protection; paper in the nature of security threads of paper for use in brand protection; Hosting of an online website featuring electronic verification platforms on the Internet; hosting of an online website featuring track and trace platforms on the Internet; hosting of an online website featuring point-of-purchase product authentication platforms on the Internet

Description: Business consulting, namely, providing business analysis and consultation relating to sampling and customized reporting in the fields of product marker development, product tag development and product labeling; business risk management, namely, risk analysis of product supply chains, namely, raw material and finished product distributor and supply chains, for purposes of anti-counterfeiting, anti-diversion and anti-product tampering; cost accounting, namely, providing analysis of revenue lost from counterfeiting, diversion and product tampering

Description: Software as a Service (SAAS) services featuring software for the recording and analysis of text, statistics, and imagery for purposes of security and investigation of wrong-doing pertaining to a variety of industries including financial security, corporate security, cyber-crime, and intellectual property protection

Description: Software as a Service (SAAS) featuring software for enabling internet service providers to efficiently receive and process incoming intellectual property infringement notices as well as reports about unsafe or offensive content

Description: Brand protection services, namely, anti-counterfeiting and anti-trademark infringement consulting in the fields of brand monitoring and protection, to protect against counterfeiting, tampering, and diversion, and to ensure the integrity of genuine products and documents; "BRAND PROTECTION"

Description: Brand protection services, namely, anti-counterfeiting and anti-trademark infringement consulting in the fields of brand monitoring and protection, to protect against counterfeiting, tampering, and diversion, and to ensure the integrity of genuine products and documents; "O2O BRAND PROTECTION"

Description: Anti-counterfeiting consulting in the fields of product and document authentication and tracking, and brand monitoring and protection, to protect against counterfeiting, tampering, and diversion, and to ensure the integrity of genuine products and documents services; Implementation of software and technology solutions for brand owners for the purpose of product authentication and brand monitoring and protection that delivers brand counterfeiting information directly to a smartphone, tablet, or computer to protect against counterfeiting, tampering, and diversion, and to ensure the integrity of genuine products

Description: Chemicals, chemical compounds, isotopically labeled chemical compounds, and biochemicals used as trace additives to indicate ownership or origin of tagged fluids and materials; chemical and biochemical reagents for non-medical purposes, namely, for use in authenticating goods in the oil and gas, banking, currency, paper, coin and bank note manufacture, pharmaceutical, alcohol, tobacco, consumer goods, medical, pharmaceutical, explosives, and agrochemical industries; chemicals for use in industry, namely, chemical markers for use in industrial oils and greases, lubricants, fuels, illuminants, gas, natural gas, and liquefied natural gas; ingestible and edible organic compounds in the nature of proteins, saccharides, oligonucleotides and DNA markers for authenticating goods for use in the manufacture of spirit drinks, pharmaceuticals, nutriceuticals and food products | Polychromatic color shifting printing inks; fluorescent dyes for general industrial use, printing inks, and security coatings in the nature of colorants; dyes and inks, namely, dyes and inks used as colorants in the manufacture of markers; printing inks, coatings, pigments and dispersions for use on labels, cartons and packaging | Herbicides, pesticides, and fungicides | Computer software for applying anti-counterfeiting and authentication technologies to customer goods, documents, product packaging, digitally produced images, and labels for use in the field of labeling, serialization, tracing, or tracking of same; computer software for detecting counterfeits and verifying the authenticity of customer goods, documents, product packaging, digitally produced images, and labels; software used for verifying banknote fitness and bank note authentication; RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) cards; blank and encoded electronic chip cards for security, access control, and item and people tracking purposes; database management software for organization and presentation of data related to products marked for purposes of product authentication, namely, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, alcohol, petroleum products, fuels and oils, product packaging and product labeling, and for organization and presentation of data related laboratory analysis of samples for authentication, chain of custody verification, and marker identification and use; hologram apparatuses, namely, hologram writers, hologram printers, hologram readers, hologram projectors; holographs, namely, electronic machines used to apply holographic overlay and to set up and control holograms and their verification; integrated circuits for holographic recordings embedded into plastic cards; magnetically encoded credit cards; apparatus and instruments for marking and labeling of products for purposes of product authentication and chain of custody verification, namely, printers, readers, namely, bar code and optical readers, and scanners for inks, compounds, dispersion or polymer concentrates containing marking compounds; encoded micro particulates, tags and taggants of plastic, metal or silicate for use in the field of passive labeling, tracing or tracking of persons, animals and goods; encoded micro taggants of plastic, metal or silicate for use in the field of passive labeling, tracing or tracking of industrial oils and greases, lubricants, fuels, illuminants, gas, natural gas, and liquefied natural gas | Business investigations and consultation, namely, providing business investigations, analysis and consultation including field sampling and customized reporting in the fields of product marker development, product tag development and product labeling; business risk management, namely, risk analysis of product supply chains, namely, raw material and finished product distributor and supply chains, for purposes of anti-counterfeiting, anti-diversion and anti-product tampering; business management and consulting, namely, design, implementation and management of product authentication and chain of custody programs; excise tax recovery services; cost accounting, namely, providing analysis of revenue lost from counterfeiting, diversion and product tampering; business consultation in the field of tracking and tracing of packages in transit, in particular relating to verification of chain of custody of delivered parcels | Consulting services in the field of parcel product delivery | Development of new technology for others in the field of chemical identification markers; data automation and collection service using proprietary software to evaluate, analyze and collect service data; product quality control sampling; product authentication in the chemical, pharmaceutical, healthcare, alcohol, petroleum, banking, currency, consumer goods, industrial goods, agrochemicals, explosives, and tobacco industries; consulting services in the field of product labeling, product quality control sampling and laboratory analysis of samples, all in the field of product tracking, chain of custody verification and product authentication; scientific and laboratory services for engineering and product sample testing for use in anti-counterfeiting, manufacturing, quality control, and development of new technology for others in the fields of product markers for purposes of product authentication and chain of custody verification; providing consultation in the development of chemical identification markers; developing chemical identification markers | Private investigations and related consulting in connection with product counterfeiting, diversion, brand degradation and liability claims; private investigation services, namely, compiling chain of custody evidence for purposes of anti-counterfeiting, anti-diversion and anti-product tampering actions; consulting services, namely, consultation in the fields of product and document authentication and tracking, and brand monitoring and protection, to protect against counterfeiting, tampering, and diversion, and to ensure the integrity of genuine products and documents

Description: Business investigations and consultation, namely, providing business investigations, analysis and consultation including field sampling and customized reporting in the fields of product marker development, product tag development and product labeling; business risk management, namely, risk analysis of product supply chains, namely, raw material and finished product distributor and supply chains, for purposes of anti-counterfeiting, anti-diversion and anti-product tampering; business management and consulting, namely, design, implementation and management of product authentication and chain of custody programs; excise tax recovery services; cost accounting, namely, providing analysis of revenue lost from counterfeiting, diversion and product tampering; business consultation in the field of tracking and tracing of packages in transit, in particular relating to verification of chain of custody of delivered parcels | Consulting services in the field of parcel product delivery | Development of new technology for others in the field of chemical identification markers; data automation and collection service using proprietary software to evaluate, analyze and collect service data; product quality control sampling; product authentication in the chemical, pharmaceutical, healthcare, alcohol, petroleum, banking, currency, consumer goods, industrial goods, agrochemicals, explosives, and tobacco industries; consulting services in the field of product labeling, product quality control sampling and laboratory analysis of samples, all in the field of product tracking, chain of custody verification and product authentication; scientific and laboratory services for engineering and product sample testing for use in anti-counterfeiting, manufacturing, quality control, and development of new technology for others in the fields of product markers for purposes of product authentication and chain of custody verification; providing consultation in the development of chemical identification markers; developing chemical identification markers | Private investigations and related consulting in connection with product counterfeiting, diversion, brand degradation and liability claims; private investigation services, namely, compiling chain of custody evidence for purposes of anti-counterfeiting, anti-diversion and anti-product tampering actions; consulting services, namely, consultation in the fields of product and document authentication and tracking, and brand monitoring and protection, to protect against counterfeiting, tampering, and diversion, and to ensure the integrity of genuine products and documents

Description: Apparatus and instruments for marking and labeling of products for purposes of product authentication and chain of custody verification, namely, printers, readers, namely, bar code and optical readers, and scanners for inks, compounds, dispersion or polymer concentrates containing marking compounds; computer software for the organization and presentation of data related to products marked for purposes of product authentication, chain of custody verification, e-commerce and encryption

Description: Business consulting related to the enforcement of intellectual property rights; Business consulting services in the field of managing intellectual properties; Business risk management, namely, risk analysis of product supply chains, namely, raw material, and distributor and supply chains, for purposes of anti-counterfeiting, anti-diversion and anti-product tampering; Business management and consulting, namely, design, implementation and management of product authentication and chain of custody programs; business consulting relating to product labeling | Data automation and collection services using proprietary software to evaluate, analyze and collect service data; Data automation and collection services, namely, analysis of revenue loss from counterfeiting, diversion and product tampering; Product quality control sampling; Laboratory analysis of samples for the purpose of product authentication; Product authentication in the chemical, pharmaceutical, healthcare, alcohol, petroleum, currency, consumer goods, industrial goods, agrochemicals, and tobacco industries; Consulting services in the field of product labeling, product quality control sampling and laboratory analysis of samples, all in the field of product tracking, chain of custody verification and product authentication; Scientific and laboratory services for engineering and product sample testing for use in anti-counterfeiting, manufacturing, quality control and development of new technology for others in the fields of product markers for purposes of product authentication and chain of custody verification; Providing consultation in the development of chemical identification markers; Developing chemical identification markers | Private investigation services, namely, compiling chain of custody evidence for purposes of anti-counterfeiting, anti-diversion and anti-product tampering actions; Consulting and investigation services to protect others against product counterfeiting, diversion, brand degradation and liability claims; Enforcement of intellectual property rights of others by issuing cease and desist letters and advising on enforcement strategies; reviewing legal standards and practices concerning compliance with intellectual property rights of others

Description: Computer software for organization and presentation of data related to marked chemicals, pharmaceuticals, alcohol, petroleum products, fuels and oils, product packaging in paper and plastic containers used for rendering consulting services, namely, consulting services in the fields of products labeling, laboratory analysis of samples for authentication, chain of custody verification, authentication of marked chemicals, pharmaceuticals, alcohol, petroleum products, fuels and oils, product packaging in paper and plastic containers, marker identification and use, and legal testimony regarding product counterfeiting and authentication

Description: Business investigation and consultation, namely providing investigation and consultation regarding analysis, field sampling, tag development and investigation services to others

Description: Polychromatic color shifting inks, fluorescent dyes and inks and other security coatings, dyes and inks, namely dyes and inks used in paint

Description: Data automation and collection services using proprietary software to evaluate, analyze and collect service data, reviewing standards and practices to assure compliance with intellectual property rights of others and legal services, namely enforcement of intellectual property rights of others

Description: Chemicals used as trace additives to indicate ownership or origin of tagged fluids and substances

Description: Chemicals used as trace additives to indicate ownership or origin of tagged fluids, namely chemical markers and tagging agents for use in counterfeit detection and product identification

Description: Inks for printing

Description: Picture frames to display special events tickets

Description: [Laboratory equipment and supplies, namely vessels, tubes, test tubes, pipettes, syringes, columns, all used for marking, labeling, concentrating, purifying, testing, diagnosing, analyzing or performing assays, and parts therefor; product marking and/or labeling systems using antibodies, comprising some or all of the aforesaid laboratory equipment and supplies and reagents; contaminant and/or environmental analysis systems using antibodies, comprising some or all of the aforesaid laboratory equipment and supplies and reagents; environmental immuno assay and immuno diagnostic testing instruments; toxin testing devices and systems comprising some or all of the aforesaid laboratory equipment and supplies and reagents]; laboratory research in the field of marking, testing, identifying, concentrating, unifying, analyzing, labeling, assaying and immuno-assaying; contaminant and environmental analysis; scientific and laboratory services for use in anti-counterfeiting, manufacturing and quality control; antibody detection services; research, design and development of products for use in detecting antibodies; licensing of biotechnology and know-how in relation to all of the aforesaid services; technical consultation in the field of scientific research