Table 2
Female involvement by institutional sector in patent applications with priority years (2007-2016) for which the applicant was resident in an iberoamerican country.
Avg. women invt. ratio |
Sector | #of patents | percent | #of inventors | Avg. women p/ patent | Avg. women invt. ratio |
COMPANY | 119,364 | 0.730 | 150,866 | 0.347 | 0.274 |
GOVERNMENT | 12,991 | 0.079 | 21,126 | 0.679 | 0.418 |
INDIVIDUAL | 6,453 | 0.039 | 6,421 | 0.194 | 0.193 |
UNIVERSITY | 17,712 | 0.108 | 28,006 | 0.635 | 0.404 |