OHSU Innovates Speaker Series presents Promoting Inventor Equity in Patenting. As of 2019, women and people of color make up a very small percentage of inventors on patents issued in the US, at approximately 12% and 1.7% respectively. These disparities in patent inventorship surpass even those in scientific authorship and bring with them significant economic implications.

About our speakers: Intellectual property lawyer Stephen Sullivan, JD of Schwabe, Williamson, and Wyatt will lead the discussion, joined by OHSU members Carmem Pfeifer, DDS, PhD, and Ruchi Thanawala, MD, MS , to discuss the barriers to inclusive inventorship and strategies to foster more equity in patenting.