More women in the U.S. are innovating in the fields of science, engineering, and entrepreneurship, but that might not be obvious from the numbers of utility patent protection being granted for novel inventions and design patent issued for the visual ornamental characteristics of a product. According to a newly-released report from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) that examines trends and characteristics of inventors named on U.S. patents granted between 1976 and 2016, the USPTO found that women continue to be under-represented.
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