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UTB-CBIRD Report: “At <strong>The</strong> Crossroads” Economic Development 141<br />
Table 5.18 lists the number <strong>of</strong> p<strong>at</strong>ents 1 registered in selected metropolitan areas<br />
in <strong>Texas</strong> from 1990-1999. <strong>The</strong> border MSAs representing Cameron, Hidalgo,<br />
Webb Counties show the lowest number <strong>of</strong> p<strong>at</strong>ents: 59, 37, and 14 respectively.<br />
On a per capita basis, these figures remain <strong>at</strong> the low end <strong>of</strong> the scale: Cameron<br />
County registered .176, Hidalgo County .065, and Webb County .072. San<br />
Antonio and Austin MSAs have the highest number <strong>of</strong> total p<strong>at</strong>ents, Figure 5.22.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se two hi-tech industry cluster centers also have the largest popul<strong>at</strong>ions <strong>of</strong><br />
the areas listed, and therefore the largest number <strong>of</strong> universities, industries, and<br />
other infrastructures to facilit<strong>at</strong>e research and new product development.<br />
Table 5.18. P<strong>at</strong>ents 1990–1999, Per Capita Basis (Total P<strong>at</strong>ents per MSA Popul<strong>at</strong>ion)<br />
Total Popul<strong>at</strong>ion P<strong>at</strong>ents<br />
P<strong>at</strong>ents (000) /1,000<br />
Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX MSA (Cameron Co.) 59 335,227 0.176<br />
El Paso MSA (El Paso Co.) 209 679,622 0.308<br />
Laredo, TX MSA (Webb Co.) 14 193,117 0.072<br />
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX MSA (Hidalgo Co.) 37 569,463 0.065<br />
Amarillo, TX MSA (Potter, Randall Co.) 147 217,858 0.657<br />
Corpus Christi, TX MSA (Nueces, San P<strong>at</strong>ricio Co.) 265 380,783 0.696<br />
Longview-Marshall, TX MSA (Gregg, Harrison, Upshire Co.) 252 208,780 0.696<br />
Lubbock, TX MSA (Lubbock Co.) 222 242,628 0.915<br />
Killeen-Temple, TX MSA (Bell, Coryell Co.) 106 312,952 0.339<br />
Odessa-Midland, TX MSA (Ector, Midland Co.) 191 237,132 0.805<br />
San Antonio, TX MSA (Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Wilson Co.) 1512 1,592,383 0.950<br />
Waco, TX MSA (McLennan Co.) 102 213,517 0.478<br />
Austin-San Marcos, TX MSA (Basdrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, Williamson Co.) 7761 1,249,763 6.210<br />
Source: Census 2000 PHC-T-3, and http://www.uspto.gov/web/<strong>of</strong>fices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/<strong>county</strong>.pdf<br />
While a large popul<strong>at</strong>ion is not in itself a prerequisite to entrepreneurial<br />
inventiveness, the expected popul<strong>at</strong>ion growth <strong>of</strong> the border region should easily<br />
support hi-tech cluster development, if the popul<strong>at</strong>ion is educ<strong>at</strong>ed in technology<br />
sciences and in the transfer <strong>of</strong> technology to commercial applic<strong>at</strong>ions. Eliyahu<br />
Goldr<strong>at</strong>t, a visionary who helped to develop the Economic <strong>The</strong>ory <strong>of</strong> Constraints<br />
promotes th<strong>at</strong> the key to inventiveness is not genius, but the courage to<br />
challenge basic assumptions… and this is a quality with which the border region<br />
can choose to abound.<br />
1 D<strong>at</strong>a is based on utility p<strong>at</strong>ents granted from 1990 - 1999 with a first-named inventor who resided<br />
in the United St<strong>at</strong>es are included in this report. (<strong>The</strong>re is no more recent d<strong>at</strong>a than 1999 by <strong>county</strong> or<br />
metro area.) <strong>The</strong> majority <strong>of</strong> p<strong>at</strong>ents issued by the USPTO are utility (i.e. invention) p<strong>at</strong>ents. Other<br />
types <strong>of</strong> p<strong>at</strong>ents and p<strong>at</strong>ent documents issued but not included in this d<strong>at</strong>a, are plant p<strong>at</strong>ents, design<br />
p<strong>at</strong>ents, st<strong>at</strong>utory invention registr<strong>at</strong>ion documents, and defensive public<strong>at</strong>ions. <strong>The</strong> geographic<br />
distribution <strong>of</strong> p<strong>at</strong>ents is based on the residence <strong>of</strong> the inventor whose name appears first on the<br />
printed p<strong>at</strong>ent.<br />
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