Patent Diversity Project: Addressing Racial and Gender Disparities in the U.S. Patent System
By EsqSocial Corporation 24/03/21
Recent studies show a great disparity in the number of U.S. patents issued to women and people of color. A 2020 report published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) found that, despite making up more than half of the U.S. population, women only represent 12.8% of United States inventor-patentees. The Institute for Women’s Policy Research reported in 2016 that less than 8% of issued patents named women as the primary inventor......
By: Proskauer - Proskauer For Good