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CNN: Women inventors, long overlooked, are churning out more patents than ever
26 March 2019
However, women inventors made up only 12% of all inventors on patents granted in 2016 - the most recent year for which data is available - according to the patent office.
That disparity is not a good sign and even hurts the country's economy, says John Van Reenan, who co-authored the 2017 study about inventors.
"You can grow to some degree by copying other people, but what really moves the dial is when you can come out with great new ideas and innovation and new technology," he says.