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Mar. 4, 2000

California Tops U.S. in Patents

California led the nation in innovation last year, nabbing 20 percent of the patents issued to American inventors by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

By Chris Ford
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        California led the nation in innovation last year, nabbing 20 percent of the patents issued to American inventors by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
        The Golden State's 1999 patent take of 18,865 was exceeded by that of only one foreign nation - Japan...

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