US utility patents granted
correlates with
Global smartphone shipments
r = 0.91191% · 2009-2022
US utility patents grantedGlobal smartphone shipments
These two datasets have a 91% correlation over 2009-2022. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.
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