Blue line is number of people unmployed for 27 months or more, divided by 10, versus the number of patent applications.
TABLE OF DATA TO CUT-AND-PASTE
YEAR LongUnemployed/10 Filed 1980 83200 105046 1981 116200 107513 1982 179800 116731 1983 254500 97448 1984 162400 109539 1985 127700 116427 1986 118600 121611 1987 103700 126407 1988 80700 137069 1989 64300 151331 1990 70700 163571 1991 112000 167715 1992 196100 172539 1993 179700 174553 1994 161600 186123 1995 127500 221304 1996 126000 191116 1997 106400 220773 1998 87300 240090 1999 72400 261041 2000 64800 293244 2001 80400 326081 2002 154000 333688 2003 193800 333452 2004 177600 355527 2005 148600 384228 2006 123300 419760 2007 124300 441637 2008 176800 468869 2009 451300 460924 2010 641200 481483 2011 601300 506924 2012 513400 533308