Foreigners Win Patents
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Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Foreigners won nearly half of the patents awarded by the United States last year, the Patent and Trademark Office reported today. Residents of other countries collected 46.6% of the 89,385 patents awarded in 1987, according to annual statistics issued by the office.
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