Women still significantly underrepresented in scientific patents

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Less than 2 out of 10 inventors in France are women, according to a study published this week by the European Patent Office. In the fields of science, technology, physics, and mathematics, barely 16% of scientific patents were filed by women between 2018 and 2022, a figure that is slightly higher than the European average, but still far from the target. Grison Grison is interviewed by Nina Richard.


France Inter, La grande matinale, Sonia Devillers, Benjamin Duhamel, Florence Paracuellos. March 5, 2016

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