同意A,the new strategy of semiconductor industry to manage their patenting process yields unanticipated results--increased number of patents, no increased innovative.
2.文中的主题句是:Yet studies of the most patent-conscious (10) business of all—the semiconductor industry—suggest that firms do not necessarily become more innovative as they increase their patenting (15) activity.
A, it is not emphasizing the connection or no connection, instead it is discussing on why there is not possitive connection , that is why resulting in an unexpected one.