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SINCE the War, scientists have been called upon by industry in increasing numbers for assistance in overcoming technical difficulties involving such problems as improving old products or processes, or devising entirely new products. This dependency of industry upon science has been particularly marked in the chemical and electrical fields, where large industrial research laboratories have been established for investigating all phases of the products of their respective organisations. From their original task of mere laboratory control of the manufactured products, these industrial laboratories have extended their sphere of activity to such a large extent as to include research in the fundamental sciences. Industrial leaders have come to realise that fundamental research may be of vital importance to industry, for it may revolutionise existing practices or create new ones in the most unexpected quarters.
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Scientific Research in Relation to Patents in the United States. Nature 133, 695–696 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133695a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/133695a0