Diversity Pilots Initiative Blog Post Series

Happy 1-year Anniversary to the Innovator Diversity Pilots Initiative (DPI)! 

Today we feature two new posts, one by Lolita Darden, PPAC Chair, and one by Colleen V. Chien & Jillian Grennan, on “Unpacking the Innovator-Inventor Gap: Evidence from Engineers.”

See below for links below to all the Diversity Pilots Initiative blog posts so far, cross-posted at DiversityPilots.org and Patently-O.

2024 Conference: DPI will be hosting a conference at Emory Law on Friday, September 20, 2024. Indicate your interest by signing up here.

• Colleen V. Chien, Berkeley Law School. “What Does it Mean to be an Inventor? The Inventor Diary Project and Kicking off the Diversity Pilots Initiative Blog Series.” Reporting on the Inventor’s Diary. April 26, 2023.
• Margo A. Bagley, Emory University School of Law. “All Together Now: Highlights from the First Innovator Diversity Pilots Conference.” May 24, 2023.
• Piers Blewett, Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner. “Bridging the Gap: IP Education for All with SLW Academy.” May 25, 2023.
• Jillian Grennan, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley. “Charting New Paths in Innovation: Reflections from Harvard’s Innovation Economics Conference.” May 31, 2023.
• W. Keith Robinson, Wake Forest University School of Law. “How We Can Bridge the Innovation Gap.” June 14, 2023.
• Kevin Ahlstrom, Meta. “Closing the Gender Innovation Gap with Guided Inventor Sessions.” June 28, 2023.
• Marlene Koffi, University of Toronto. “A Gender Gap in Commercializing Scientific Discoveries.” Reporting on “Cassatts in the Attic.” July 12, 2023.
• Abhay Aneja, University of California, Berkeley; Gauri Subramani, Lehigh University; and Oren Reshef, Washington University in St. Louis. “Why Do Women Face Challenges in the Patent Process?” Reporting on “Persistence and the Gender Innovation Gap: Evidence from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.” August 24, 2023.
• Suzanne Harrison, USPTO Patent Public Advisory Committee. “Diversity Pledge: Boosting Innovation and Competitiveness.” August 24, 2023.
• Jordana R. Goodman, Chicago-Kent College of Law. “Unseen Contributors: Rethinking Attribution in Legal Practices for Equity and Inclusion.” Reporting on “Ms. Attribution: How Authorship Credit Contributes to the Gender Gap.” September 27, 2023.
• Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio, Harvard Law School. “An Invitation to Inclusive Innovation.” September 27, 2023.
• Davidson Heath, Nathan Seegert & Jeffrey Yang, University of Utah David Eccles School of Business. “Open-Source Innovation and Team Diversity.” Reporting on “Team Production and the Homophily Trap: Evidence from Open Source Software.” December 20, 2023.
• Paul Gugliuzza, Temple University Beasley School of Law; Jordana R. Goodman, Chicago-Kent College of Law; and Rachel Rebouché, Temple University Beasley School of Law. “Inequality and Intersectionality at the Federal Circuit.” Reporting on “Inequality on Appeal: The Intersection of Race and Gender in Patent Litigation.” December 20, 2023.
• Lolita Darden, USPTO Patent Public Advisory Committee. “PPAC’s Bold Strategy to Transform Patent Inclusion.” April 25, 2024.
• Colleen V. Chien, Berkeley Law School, and Jillian Grennan, Berkeley Haas School of Business. “Unpacking the Innovator-Inventor Gap: Evidence from Engineers.” April 25, 2024.