The PTO Director says women are awarded significantly fewer patents, but is that true for the life sciences?
Michelle K. Lee, director of the Patent and Trademark office in remarks delivered Nov. 10 at the University of Texas in Dallas cited findings from a working paper shared with her by the authors. They found that the share of patents going to women has risen over time but is at less than 15 percent and that, at the current rate of convergence, it will take another 140 years for women to obtain 50 percent of granted patents.
