11 August 2021Influential Women in IPMuireann Bolger

Promoting gender diversity at the US Patent Bar

When law student Mary Hannon published an academic article without fanfare in autumn 2020, she had little inkling of the ripples it would send throughout IP and beyond. Or that it would lead to a clamour for change at the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and provoke ongoing debate among patent practitioners.

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