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A research paper investigating inventor gender using name-gender inference techniques applied to worldwide patent data.
A statistical analysis of the difference in the proportion of Inventors between the genders.
Intellectual property is the legal right associated with creations of the mind, e.g. artworks, inventions etc
Mandy Haberman, Founder and Creative Director of Haberman Products, is a successful inventor/entrepreneur, best known for the Anywayup® Cup. Built on intellectual property, her career has spanned 30 years and her most recent invention, the Haberman® Suckle Feeder was launched...
Finding the right advice and advisor is the first step in making the best decisions for your invention or business.
Britain's brightest young inventors shine as Intellectual Property Office and Aardman announce winners of Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Ideas Competition 2023.
Professor Jason Chin FRS was appointed as a Non-Executive Director at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology in April 2023. Jason is a Programme Leader at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology ( MRC-LMB ), where he...
Apply for an Innovator Founder visa if you've been endorsed for a business idea: eligibility, documents, extend or switch, bring your family.
A collection of guidance about applying for, managing and enforcing a patent. Patents help protect a product or process, for example machines and medicines.
This report provides experimental statistics of recent trends in female inventorship across the world and in the UK.
Sections (23.01 - 23.08) last updated: April 2023.
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is the official UK government body responsible for intellectual property (IP) rights including patents, designs, trade marks and copyright. IPO is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology , supported...
Nesta (formerly NESTA, National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) is an independent charity that works to increase the innovation capacity of the UK.
Sections (89B.01 - 89B.18) updated January 2023.
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