Following the Organization of Economic and Cooperation and Development
recommendations, we have used patent data comprised in the PATENTSCOPE database as …

Although female involvement in science and technology has been growing over recent
years, it is still low. Latin America is no exception. Even though the Latin American region …

Women involvement in Spanish patent applications at the Spanish Patent Office during the
period 1990-2005 is analysed. Female inventors were present in 16% of the patents …

The involvement of male and female scientists in the technological activity developed in
Spain is analysed through the study of patent applications filed with the Spanish OEPM …

Purpose: This work presents a study on the female involvement in patent applications in all
23 Ibero-American countries that are WIPO members, in order to measure gender …

By their nature, patents allow for the protection of creations or inventions in various
technological sectors and in countries of commercial or industrial interest. They also record …

Patents have historically been considered the prime catalogs of innovation [1]. More recent
studies have also used patents as important indicators of the level of research activity [2] …

The under-representation of women in science and technology is a matter of current great
concern. Obtaining patent-based indicators by gender is crucial to analyse the situation of …

Background: This paper examines nanotechnology patents in Mexico to gain some insights
into: a) the growth of patents over the last twenty years; b) the distribution of assignee …

Much work has been done about the quality of patents as a tool to improve economic
growth. However, investigations concerning the analysis of women's participation in …