Show Delaware Leads All Other States inInventiveness inInventiveness in inInventiveness Inventiveness Ratio ; National Record Delaware leads the country In In invcntiveness invcntlveness vcntiveness according to a survey surveyin In Industr al and : Engineering Chern Chem Chernisiry Chemislry Chemistry isiry islry In t t vo years one In every 870 870persons 870persons 870persons persons m In that state has patcnted patented patentedan patcntedan an invention a rat o 0 bel eved eyed to set seta seta seta a nat onal onalrecord onalrecordIn record recordIn recordIn In 190 19'0 ? ' ' ' Connecticut Cormectlcut long famed famedfor famedfor tamedfor for its Yankee Yan.ltee Yanltee . Ingenu ty was first of ofthe ofthe ofthe the states in m inventiveness Invenhveness with one onepatent onepatent onepatent patent to every 1440 1 440 of populahon population populahonpreceded populationpreceded populationpreceded preceded only by the D strict stnct of o ( Co Columbla Coumbra Columbia ] lumbla umbra with Wlth 1 I 360 it is pointed out outIn outin outin In the survey New Jersey .as as was wasnext . wasnext .asnext next . with Jth I 1 1610 610 although closely fol followed followed followed lowed by several other states m in mcluding including ineluding cluding Cal forma tornia Dela vare was wasm wasin wasin m in tenth positionFrom positionFrom position positionFrom From 1920 through 1925 Connec Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut ticut continued to lead in im incentive incentiveness in\entiveness in entiveness \ entlve entlveness ness But in 1928 1926 Cal forma fornia al although although although though tar far removed from the east eastern eastern eastern ern industrial mdustrlal states advanced into intonumber intonumber intonumber number one position with one inven invenlion inventron invention lion tron to every 989 people Th s IS ISsigmficant issignificant issignificant sigmficant significant because of its ever h gh ghratio ghratio ghratio ratio Connecticut was second and andNew andNew andNew New Jersey third For ror tour four years yearsCalorm:1 yearsCalifornia yearsCalifornia Calorm:1 Calorm1 California ! : held th s position tl t1 U en Connect cut again agam rose to first place placeand placeand placeand and remained remamed there unt 1 1 1934In 1934In 1934 1934In In th s year Delaware advanced to tobecome tobecome tobecome become the state with the 1:11 111 largest largestnumber laigestnumber : gest gestnumber number of inventions per cap ta to For Forthe Forthe Forthe the years 1935 to 1936 tl t1 a e ratio was wasone wasone wasone one to every 870 people-a people a people - - a I1gUI flguie flguiewhich figuiewhich e .hlch hlch which . has never been equaled s nce nee1920 1920 and probably at any t t me m in mthe inthe inthe the history of this natIOnMost nationMost nation nationMost Most of the Delaware mvenlons invent ons onsare onsare .Ire Ire are . In the chemical field New Jer Jersey Jersoy Jersey sey soy has the next largest perce tage tageof tageof tageof of chemicalmvent chemicalinvent chemical invent mvent ons of the states stateseast stateseast staleseast east of the Miss ssippi SSlppl . which .hich hich rank rankhigh rankhigh rankhigh high In inventiveness Invenllvtnloss mvenhvcnt ss Owing ho V Vever vever vever ever to the large amount of non nonchern nonChem nonchem chern Chem cal manufacturing Industries Industrieslocated industrieslocated industrieslocated located there this percentage is i ot of otof ofof otof of the same range Unt 1 l thr thp the pa t tthree tthree tthree three years Delaware has been out outdistanccd outdistanced outdistanced distanccd distanced by several states and as asla aslate aslate la late te as 1930 was eleventh |