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UTB-CBIRD Report: “At <strong>The</strong> Crossroads” Economic Development 142<br />

Figure 5.22. Total P<strong>at</strong>ents <strong>of</strong> Selected Metropolitan Areas<br />

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission<br />

Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito<br />

Waco<br />

Killeen-Temple<br />

Amarillo<br />

Odessa-Midland<br />

El Paso<br />

Lubbock<br />

Longview-Marshall<br />

Corpus Christi<br />

Laredo<br />

San Antonio<br />

Austin-San Marcos<br />

Number <strong>of</strong> P<strong>at</strong>ents<br />

0 100 200 300 400 500<br />

37<br />

59<br />

102<br />

106<br />

147<br />

191<br />

209<br />

222<br />

252<br />

265<br />

268<br />

Off the Scale<br />

1,512<br />

Off the Scale<br />

7,761<br />

Source: Utility P<strong>at</strong>ent D<strong>at</strong>a http://www.uspto.gov/web/<strong>of</strong>fices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/<strong>county</strong>.pdf<br />

“No exceptional brain power is needed to construct a new science or to<br />

expand on an existing one. Wh<strong>at</strong> is needed is the courage to face<br />

inconsistencies and to avoid running away from them just because ‘th<strong>at</strong>’s<br />

the way it was always done’… This challenging <strong>of</strong> basic assumptions is<br />

essential to breakthroughs.”<br />

Eliyahu M. Goldr<strong>at</strong>t,<br />

“<strong>The</strong> Goal: A Process <strong>of</strong> Ongoing Improvement”<br />

Una Region -- Un Futuro

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