Research Frontiers Incorporated: research and development expense

At a glance

Research Frontiers reported research and development expense of $608.7 thousand for the year ending 2025-12-31, up 6.8% from $570.0 thousand a year earlier. From 2009 to 2025 it fell at a compound 5.7% a year, from $1.55 million to $608.7 thousand. Across the last five reported years it ranged from $570.0 thousand (2024-12-31) to $609.1 thousand (2022-12-31). That was 54.3% of revenue ($1.12 million) for the same year.

Computed from the values in the table below, in USD; each links to the filing it came from.

What this measure means

Research and development costs recognized as expense. Capitalization policies and acquired projects can make this differ from total cash invested in development.

Exact concept: us-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense. Each value covers an annual-duration reporting interval, shown with both start and end dates. Different units remain separate; no currency conversion or interpolation is applied.

Coverage of this history

Selected reporting periods run from 2009-01-01 to 2025-12-31. The SEC response was captured on 2026-09-19.

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Entity

RESEARCH FRONTIERS INCORPORATED / CIK 0000793524

Captured

2026-09-19 15:04 UTC

SEC response SHA-256

515f42a584fc3f2d3e6a52e9bb6cda5cfb6d01a853f09030ae4f76d390b3492a

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import json
from urllib.request import urlopen

with urlopen("https://canlicapital.com/company-data/0000793524.json") as response:
    record = json.load(response)
print(record["fetched_at"])
print(record["policy"])
for concept in record["concepts"]:
    print(concept["tag"], next(iter(concept["observations"])))