San Jose, California University, San Francisco State University, California State University, East Bay, Santa Clara University, and Stanford University pump thousands of engineering and computer science graduates into the local economy every year. San Jose residents produce more U.S. patents than any other city. On October 15, 2015, the United States Patent and Trademark Office opened a satellite office in San Jose to serve Silicon Valley and the Western United States. Thirty-five percent of all venture capital funds in the U.S. are invested in San Jose and Silicon Valley companies. By April 2018, Google was in the process of planning the "biggest tech
San Jose Convention Center following annual events: Other notable events at the convention center have included: San Jose Convention Center The San Jose McEnery Convention Center (popularly known as the San Jose Convention Center) is a convention center in San Jose, California, United States. The facility is the largest convention center in Silicon Valley. It is named after Tom McEnery, a former Mayor of San Jose. The San Jose Convention Center opened in 1989, replacing a convention hall of the same name at City National Civic (then called the Civic Auditorium). The South Hall opened in 2005, and the main hall was renovated and