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Richard Nixon: America's dramatic progress from a small agrarian nation to a great technological and industrial leader has been due, in…

On the recordSeptember 26, 1973
America's dramatic progress from a small agrarian nation to a great technological and industrial leader has been due, in no small degree, to the inventive genius of its people.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Special Message to the Congress Proposing Patent Modernization and Reform Legislation

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