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But the iPhone was only commercially innovative really - as I understand there was prior art for all the critical parts of it including adding a touchscreen to a phone, going back quite a long way. American automotive engineering has until very recently been laughably backward; Tesla is an exception. Formula 1 is almost exclusively European (in fact largely British). Rolls-Royce are at the forefront of jet engine manufacturing. If you don't think these examples involve innovation, well...