Posts tagged with ‘industry chat’

Accepting that the current playing field for female patent practitioners is not level, on the basis of the overwhelming evidence outlined in Parts 2 and Part 3, one may question whether there is anything which can serve to redress the imbalance.  In this regard, research abounds in relation to affecting change on an organisational level using evidence-based behavioural interventions, rather than traditional set-and-forget training schemes and ineffectual diversity committees.

In this post, we analyse three common myths regarding gender imbalance in the industry; namely: that women in the industry currently lack experience to be in leadership positions (Myth 1); that the lack of female patent attorneys is merely a reflection of the lack of women with appropriate STEM qualifications (Myth 2); and, a denial of the issue (Myth 3).

Gender imbalance in the patent attorney profession is an underreported issue.  And yet, women comprise less than a third of registered patent attorneys, and occupy less than 17% of senior positions in the largest private practices in Australia.  This is the first of a multi-part series exploring the topic of female representation in the patent attorney profession in Australia.