... of academic patents awarded to academic researchers ineach state, relative to the number of science and engineering doc-torate holders in academia.California, Massachusetts, Florida, Maryland, ... overnight.Background on the Research Triangle ParkThe idea for a research park in the Raleigh-Durham-ChapelHill area began in the 1950s, spawned by a disparate cast of char-acters that included bankers, ... professors, real estate operators, andgovernment officials.They were grappling with a dilemma. North Carolina was a relative backwater with a low-wage economy that was starting toattract some industry...