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Much work ahead in helping more women and minorities get patents Qualcomm, instrumental in the SUCCESS Act, has commissioned research that provides Congress with information to enhance patent diversity. BY REID CREAGER Twelve percent. That’s the ratio of inventors awarded United States patents in 2016 who are women, according to a February 2019 report by … Gaping Gap, Invent Together

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Going through the patenting process can be intimidating for new inventors, but Jayshree Seth feels fortunate that when she started out at 3M Co. more than two decades ago, she worked with an in-house patent attorney who immediately put her at ease. “He would say things like, ‘Thank you for inventing, Jayshree,’” said Seth, a … The Female Inventor Problem And How Lawyers Are Helping, Invent Together

Laurie Self began working with Qualcomm as outside counsel while she was a partner at Covington & Burling. She moved in-house to the telecommunications company in 2012, taking on the role of vice-president and counsel of government affairs. Self joined Covington & Burling in Washington DC after graduating from the University of Virginia School of … Interview: Laurie Self, Qualcomm VP and counsel of government affairs, Invent Together

On Thursday, December 1, I attended the Innovation Alliance’s panel on Closing the Patent Gender Gap: How Increasing the Number of Women Patent Holders Can Spur U.S. Innovation and Grow the Economy. The panel, which was moderated by the Licensing Manager for the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Jennifer Gottwald, Ph.D discussed the recent findings of … Increasing Number of Women Patent Holders Can Spur U.S. Innovation, Grow the Economy, Invent Together

For 226 years, men led the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the agency that fosters American innovation and entrepreneurship. Enter Michelle Lee, the agency’s first female leader. A Silicon Valley native who built a radio with her father in the family living room, Lee grew up with female classmates who thrived in math and science. … Why are most inventors men?, Invent Together

Where are all the female inventors? According to a new analysis by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, women held fewer than one in five patents in 2010. And the numbers are even worse when it comes to women as primary inventors: Just a puny 8%. At the current rate of progress, gender equality among … There’s a Huge Gender Gap Among Inventors, Invent Together

Another day, another sobering statistic about the gender gap in the workplace. Although women have more than quintupled their representation among patent holders since 1977, only 7.7% of more than 520,000 patents were applied for by a female inventor in 2010 (the most recent year gender was tracked by the United States Patent and Trademark … Dissecting The Patent Gap, Invent Together