>>3688441Maybe but looking at the patent_application map you can clearly see that there´s a continental hotspot. It´s the german speaking lands north of the Alps, it´s basically those Germans (swiss Germans, austrian Germans, Bavarians, Swabians) that made the term "german engineering" known world wide. By the way most famous german composers from Mozart to Beethoven as well as most influential german philosophers come from that area. German Alpine master race? Northern Germany is basically only known for prussian militarism and the whole "we will conquer ze world" thing.
