Gender gap in US patents leads to few inventions that help women
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Inventor teams with women represent 16% of filed patents, yet are more likely than male to create women’s health products.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nature
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1476-4687', '0028-0836']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02298-9