Journal of Data and Information Science ›› 2020, Vol. 5 ›› Issue (3): 116-128.doi: 10.2478/jdis-2020-0025
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Danilo S. Carvalho1, Lydia Bares2,(), Kelyane Silva3
Received:
2020-02-08
Revised:
2020-05-19
Accepted:
2020-06-11
Online:
2020-07-20
Published:
2020-09-04
Contact:
Lydia Bares
E-mail:lydia.bares@uca.es
Table 1
Female involvement in patent applications with priority years (2007-2016) for which the applicant was resident in an iberoamerican1 country.
Country | # of patents | percent | # of inventors | Avg. women p/patent2 | Avg. women invt. ratio3 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Argentina | 2,019 | 1.2338 | 4,741 | 0.486 | 0.207 |
Bolivia (LA) | 16 | 0.0098 | 73 | 0.500 | 0.109 |
Brazil (LA) | 18,632 | 11.3859 | 28,099 | 0.352 | 0.233 |
Belize | 145 | 0.0886 | 26 | 0.062 | 0.360 |
Chile (LA) | 3,521 | 2.1517 | 5,180 | 0.348 | 0.237 |
Colombia (LA) | 1,547 | 0.9454 | 2,847 | 0.451 | 0.245 |
Costa Rica (LA) | 173 | 0.1057 | 689 | 0.358 | 0.090 |
Cuba (LA) | 1,018 | 0.6221 | 1,556 | 0.672 | 0.440 |
Dominican Republic (LA) | 76 | 0.0464 | 148 | 0.487 | 0.250 |
Ecuador (LA) | 365 | 0.2230 | 481 | 0.266 | 0.201 |
Spain (IB) | 63,128 | 38.5771 | 95,002 | 0.426 | 0.283 |
French Guyana (LA) | 1 | 0.0006 | 12 | 5.000 | 0.417 |
Guatemala (LA) | 18 | 0.0110 | 91 | 0.500 | 0.099 |
Honduras (LA) | 7 | 0.0043 | 35 | 1.571 | 0.314 |
Mexico (LA) | 6,569 | 4.0143 | 13,731 | 0.428 | 0.204 |
Nicaragua (LA) | 7 | 0.0043 | 36 | 0.143 | 0.028 |
Panama (LA) | 613 | 0.3746 | 302 | 0.132 | 0.268 |
Peru (LA) | 211 | 0.1289 | 484 | 0.588 | 0.256 |
Portugal (IB) | 5,242 | 3.2034 | 9,129 | 0.465 | 0.267 |
Paraguay (LA) | 23 | 0.0141 | 44 | 0.174 | 0.091 |
Suriname (LA) | 5 | 0.0031 | 10 | 0.600 | 0.300 |
Uruguay (LA) | 324 | 0.1980 | 649 | 0.346 | 0.172 |
Venezuela (LA) | 254 | 0.1552 | 791 | 0.779 | 0.250 |
Latin America | 35,544 | 0.342 | 60,016 | 0.678 | 0.228 |
Iberian countries | 68,370 | 0.658 | 104,131 | 0.446 | 0.275 |
Ibero-America | 103,914 | 100.0 | 164,156 | 0.658 | 0.232 |
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.
Sector | Avg. women invt. ratio | ||||
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# 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 | 6,412 | 0.194 | 0.193 |
UNIVERSITY | 17,712 | 0.108 | 28,006 | 0.635 | 0.404 |
Table 3
Ranking of Ibero American countries in female participation growth on patenting (2007-2016).
Rank | Country | Avg. women invt. ratio | ||
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2007 | 2016 | growth | ||
1 | Chile | 0.199 | 0.308 | 0.108 |
2 | Ecuador | 0.062 | 0.154 | 0.091 |
3 | Colombia | 0.170 | 0.259 | 0.088 |
4 | Portugal | 0.228 | 0.302 | 0.074 |
5 | Dominican Republic | 0.437 | 0.500 | 0.062 |
6 | Costa Rica | 0.071 | 0.131 | 0.060 |
7 | Mexico | 0.165 | 0.206 | 0.040 |
8 | Brazil | 0.223 | 0.257 | 0.033 |
9 | Spain | 0.273 | 0.275 | 0.001 |
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