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TABLE I: INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYED INVENTOR RIGHTS

TABLE II: U.S. EMPLOYER INVENTOR RIGHTS LEGISLATIVE MATRIX

TABLE III: PER CENT OF U.S. PATENTS ISSUED TO CORPORATIONS, INDIVIDUALS, AND U.S. GOVERNMENT

FIG. I: NUMBER OF PATENTS APPLIED FOR BY CITIZENS OF U.S. AND JAPAN

FIG. II: NUMEER OF PATENTS ISSUED TO CITIZENS OF U.S. AND JAPAN

FIG. III: NUMBER OF PATENTS IN U.S.A. PER MILLIONS OF R&D DOLLARS

FIG. IV: NUMBER OF PATENTS PER 100 EMPLOYED AMERICAN INVENTORS

FIG. V: % OF U.S. PATENTS ISSUED TO FOREIGNERS

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This presumes that an employer attempt to enforce a contract covering these inventions would be unconscionable.
See generally Calvert, "Encyclopedia of Patent Practice and Invention Management", Reinhold, 1964, PP. 233-242.