Author : World Intellectual Property Organization,Gema Lax Martinez,Julio Raffo,Kaori Saito
Publisher : WIPO
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Law
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Identifying the gender of PCT inventors by World Intellectual Property Organization,Gema Lax Martinez,Julio Raffo,Kaori Saito Pdf
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 countries to disambiguate the gender of PCT inventors. Our results suggest that there is a gender imbalance in PCT applications, but the proportion of women inventors is improving over time. We also find that the rates of women participation differ substantially across countries, technological fields and sectors.