https://malaysia.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20130903180742AAjZ76A

“The amount of German patents and commercial, military and industrial secrets stolen by the Americans during the period from 1945-1948 is absolutely terrible. 800,000 patents were recorded to exist for German inventors prior to World War II. The Americans stole EVERYTHING, the entire extant store of German patents”

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https://forum.davidicke.com/showthread.php?t=33373
Theft of German Scientific Research Fueled Post-War Technology Boom