This paper analyzes the gender of inventors in international patent applications. We compile
a worldwide gender-name dictionary, which includes 6.2 million names for 182 different …

This paper analyzes the gender of inventors in international patent applications. We compile
a worldwide gender-name dictionary, which includes 6.2 million names for 182 different …

Collaboration among inventors is very important in patenting an invention. Inventors
collaborate based on their professional knowledge and experience. Because of the non …

We analyzed gender disparities in patenting by country, technological area, and type of
assignee using the 4.6 million utility patents issued between 1976 and 2013 by the United …

We study whether increasing the share of female inventors leads to more biomedical
inventions that focus on the needs of women. After accounting for detailed disease …

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 …

We investigate women's underrepresentation among holders of commercialized patents:
only 5.5% of holders of such patents are female. Using the National Survey of College …

The gender gap in science and technology has received considerable attention by both
researchers and policy makers. In an effort to better understand the quantity, quality, and …

This article describes the state of gender diversity across technology and geography within
the US patent bar. The findings rely on a new gender-matched dataset, the first public …

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 …