tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977297931731346524.post3011117077169479949..comments2024-03-26T13:13:25.033-04:00Comments on Written Description: Dan Burk: Do Patents Have Gender?Lisa Larrimore Ouellettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18401005012430355377noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977297931731346524.post-80012215339888029702011-11-16T11:23:19.873-05:002011-11-16T11:23:19.873-05:00Interesting stuff! I think science and patents wi...Interesting stuff! I think science and patents will be a source of frustration to gender equality researchers, because it's impossible to pass (or repeal) a statute and make things equal - it has taken decades to encourage even the small percentage of women in science now, it will take decades more before those women achieve top positions in research labs (no matter how smart or ambitious they are), and it will take decades or even centuries after that for patents by women achieve parity in the prior art. Not to minimize other accomplishments, but desegregation or women's suffrage were comparatively easy fixes; you can't force women into math and science with national guard troops, it takes a cultural shift followed by lots and lots of time.DBruzzonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04300413588460233880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977297931731346524.post-37263740971812448252011-11-10T10:26:41.703-05:002011-11-10T10:26:41.703-05:00A quick response to the question about whether pa...A quick response to the question about whether patents filed by women would really look much different from those filed by men. There is strong data to support the idea that there is a difference not only in the number but also the type of patents filed by women. From 1892-1895, women were receiving about 1% of the patents and within that 1%, the greatest number of patents were for Culinary Utensils and Wearing Apparel. During that 3 year period, while women were granted 102 patents for culinary utensils, they received 3 patents for motors. Data also shows that more recently, women tend to hold patents in particular areas, such as design and plant patenting rather than utility patenting. So while money drives the patent game, it does not wipe out some persistent forms of gendered disciplinarity.Allison Taithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17812515347082954218noreply@blogger.com