6 May 2021Influential Women in IPLinda Thayer

How to create greater gender diversity at the US patent bar

There are some key issues with the US patent bar and its qualifications process. The fundamental problem is that the qualifications for demonstrating sufficient scientific and technical qualifications are quite narrow, too rigid, and not in tune with today’s technologies.

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