Factoid

Little Growth Over Decade in Patents to Women-Only Inventors

Only about 4 percent of patents issued between 1976 and 2016 went to either individual woman inventors or teams of all
women, according to a 2019 report by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Women Are Underrepresented as Recipients of Many Prestigious Awards

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Scientific Research More Innovative, Impactful When Women And Men Work Together

A new study published in the "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences" found mixed-gender teams of medical scientists produced "substantially more novel and impactful" research than same-gender teams of equal size, according to the study's lead author.»  Link to the original article