Show delaware leads all other states in inventiveness ratio national record delaware Delp delaware ware leads the country in inventiveness venti veness according to td a survey in industrial and engineering chemistry in two years one in every 70 persons in that state has patented an invention a ratio believed to set a national record in 1920 1020 connecticut long famed tor for its yankee ingenuity was first of the states in inventiveness with one patent to every 1440 of population preceded only by the District of columbia with 1360 it is pointed out in the survey new jersey was next with 1010 although closely followed by several other states including california delaware was in tenth position from 1920 through 1925 connect continued to lead in inventiveness but in 1926 1920 california ali though far removed from the eastern industrial states advanced into number one petition with one invention to every people this is significant because of its ever high ratio connecticut was second and new jersey third for four years california held this position then connecticut again rose to first place and remained there until 1934 in this year delaware advanced to become the state with the largest number of I 1 inventions per capita for the years 1935 to 1936 the ratio was one to every people a figure which has never been equaled since 1920 and probably at any time in the history of this nation most of the delaware inventions re ire in the chemical field new jersey has the next largest percentage tig of chemical inventions of the states east of the mississippi which rank high in inventiveness owing however to the large amount of manufacturing industries located there this percentage is vot pot of the same range until the past three years delaware has been outdistanced by several states and as late as 1930 was eleventh |