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Holly Fechner   Originally published in IAM Magazine.   The United States is at a critical juncture in the global innovation race. While China and other foreign competitors work to train new inventors and increase innovation capacity, our nation continues to leave talent untapped. Women account for slightly more than half of the US population … Realising the Full Potential of US Innovation Starts with Reaching Women Inventors and Inventors of Colour

American inventors developed the lightbulb, the airplane, the MRI, the mobile phone, and millions of other inventions that save lives, connect people, create jobs, and improve quality of life today and in the future. Supported by constitutionally guaranteed rights,1 the genius of the American inventor allowed the United States to become a global technology superpower.

The Honorable Katherine K. Vidal Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office 600 Dulany Street Alexandria, VA 22314 RE:  Comments in Response to 88 FR 22012 “Study of the Patent Pro Bono Programs,” FR Doc. 2023-07699 Dear Director Vidal: Invent Together appreciates the opportunity to … RE: Comments in Response to 88 FR 22012 “Study of the Patent Pro Bono Programs,” FR Doc. 2023-07699

Regional offices  (ROs) The purposes of the regional offices, as defined by the UAIA, are to: RO1: Better connect patent filers and innovators with the Office, including by increasing outreach activities to individual innovators, small businesses, veterans, low-income populations, students, rural populations, and any geographic group of innovators that the Director may determine to be underrepresented … RE: Comments in Response to 88 FR 38847 “Request for Comments on Southeast Regional Office and Community Outreach Office Locations,” FR Doc. 2023-12824

In the race for global technology leadership, China understands that it needs more inventors to compete with the United States and has worked systematically to expand its capacity to innovate. That’s why China is eating America’s lunch on a critical measure of technological capacity: women inventors.

Less than 13% of all inventors listed in patents in the United States are women, and opening the way to inventor diversity would increase annual US GDP by nearly $1 trillion, quadruple the number of American inventors and lead to many new and different inventions. So say Holly Fechner, executive director of Invent Together, and … Diversity data reveals size of missed opportunities in inventors and patenting

Inventions typically emerge out of attempts to solve problems. Because people with different life experiences are motivated to solve different problems in different ways, striving to make the patent system more inclusive is eminently worthwhile. Put another way: Female inventors are more likely to patent solutions to problems that specifically or disproportionately affect women. This … Will More Women Patent Attorneys Lead To More Women Inventors?

Not everyone has equal access to inventing and patenting, but schools can make a difference

Are women as successful as men in securing a patent for their invention? We set out to investigate gender bias in patent outcomes at IP Australia – the government agency responsible for administering intellectual property rights.

The CHIPS and Science Act is the most comprehensive effort in history to create opportunities in science and technology for women, people of color, and other underrepresented groups.