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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (122166)	12/26/2003 11:59:01 PM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

I'm not sure that I see a point to your post. It's no better than....Is globalization good; yes or no. But it is fortuitous. I was thinking about you this a.m. when I found some stats...I wouldn't have looked you up to pass them on, but since you're here. Patents per capita [in millions] Top Five 1. Japan - 994 2. South Korea - 779 3. United States - 289 4. Sweden - 271 5. Germany - 235 You can file that away with the winners of Nobel prizes in Physics/proxies for assessing innovation. Source: WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization). 2001. Intellectual Property Statistics. Publication A. Geneva. YWIA, jttmab