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  • [Photo] J.W. Bizzaro • December 8, 2005
    An article by Kevin Maney:

    ``Of the top 10 living [USPTO] patent holders on the 1997 list, eight were from other countries. Six were Germans, and two were Japanese. The only two Americans were flower guy Weder and oil industry researcher Hartley Owen.

    ``So much for the legend of Edison. America's greatest inventor is apparently an obscure guy in Japan who makes stuff most people can't comprehend. And the nation's greatest native inventor seems to be a man who has come up with 100 different ways to make a flower pot.''

    Full story:
    http://biz.yahoo.com/usat/051206/13263022.html

    Via Slashdot.

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