After a number of experimental geodesic domes were built, industry began to understand the value of the design.

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Philadelphia also has a strong contemporary-design community, with seven college-level design programs as well as a number of new design-company startups and stores, that has influenced the type of interiors people want.

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Partly as a result, The number of design-patent applications awarded has increased significantly in recent years.

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What Apple (and again Microsoft) does have is a number of design and utility patents.

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