According to excerpts from
the story:
Grand
Rapids was
placed among 20 up-and-comers in innovation among 12,000 U.S. cities in a survey published Saturday by The Wall
Street Journal, done with help of IpIQ.
The U.S. Patent office
database shows 141 patents granted to inventors in Grand Rapids during 2005.
The 6-year-old Van Andel
Research Institute, cited by The Journal as a reason Grand Rapids is an up-and-comer, has had no patents issued to
date, though it has 30 applications pending.
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