Women inventors

In November 2022 the EPO published a study looking at women’s participation in inventive activity, investigating how often women were named as inventors on patent applications. For 2024 we find that 25% of applications filed at the EPO from applicants based in one of the EPO’s 39 member states named at least one woman as an inventor. A small drop from the previous year. There is wide variation between countries and technology fields, indicating that there is still much to be done to encourage girls in STEM subjects at schools, and to encourage more women to follow careers in science and engineering.

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