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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (176848)	2/4/2004 10:45:54 PM
From: rudedog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

I'm not sure why you equate patents with creativity... that may be common wisdom, but most patents in today's world are a wrinkle on an existing method, and the list shows more about who is willing to pay for the process than who is being creative.

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (176848)	2/5/2004 1:51:56 PM
From: Saturn V	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

But how can you continue to claim creative superiority in light of the patent data I posted???? Like others, I think that number of patents is the wrong metric for creativity. And the common perception is that Patent filings represent creativity. Incremental advances are patented, and the Japanese are excellent at that. A lot of good stuff is sometimes not patented. XEROX did not patent the GUI interface( mouse driven pull down menus, icons and dialog boxes).At the same time several "junk patents" are filed for harassment,or image building. AMD needed to dispell the "copy cat" or "Milli Vinelli" image, and launched a blitz of patent filings and outfiled Intel for a year or two. The Japanese Government is also encouraging the Japanese companies. to file more patents to counteract the image of the Japanese being "non-creative". IMHO a better metric of creativity would be the number of Nobel Prizes Awarded.