13th October 2022

Gender Diversity in Inventorship – How do European countries compare?

There is no doubt that innovation is a driver of national competitiveness (which includes economic and technological competitiveness and national security).

In this highly uncertain time with increasing inflation, continued pandemic fears, a war in Ukraine, and constant supply chain issues, companies and countries are looking for any way they can maintain or increase both jobs and economic prosperity.

Increasing diversity in inventorship provides both.

The authors are:

Bowman Heiden (Co-Director at Centre for Intellectual Property)
Suzanne Harrison (Principal at Percipience LLC)
Steve Harris (CTO, Cipher)

Download the Gender Diversity report

Gender Diversity in Inventorship

This report analyses three separate trends:

Women inventor rate
Women contributor rate
Women-only rate

Insights & Thought Leadership

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Content-Generating AI

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LexisNexis agreement to acquire Cipher

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Gender Diversity in Inventorship – How do European countries compare?