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Women inventors are sticking with it, patent office says – Source CNET Tech

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The USPTO has a report out on women inventors.


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The percentage of women inventors filing additional patents within five years of their first is on the rise. 

Data from the United States Patent and Trademark Office shows improvement in the patent field for women since the 1980s. Back then, only 28% of women filed another patent within five years of their first, compared with 38% of men. In 2019, that number has jumped to 46% of women, compared with 52% of men, showing that the gender gap is narrowing. 

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