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10 Million Patents

President Trump signed the country's 10 millionth patent Tuesday, awarding it to Raytheon Company for laser-based object-detection technology invented by Joseph Marron. 

WASHINGTON -- President Trump signed the country's 10 millionth patent Tuesday, awarding it to Raytheon Company for laser-based object-detection technology invented by Joseph Marron.

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