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7.6.3WIR for patents applied by companies and higher education institutions

Next, we show in Figure 5 the WIR trend for patents filed by companies on the one hand and by higher education institutions on the other hand in the period 2001-2017.

Figure 5: Evolution of the WIR in Flanders for EPO patent applications (2001-2017) and granted USPTO patents (2001-2016), requested by companies and by higher education institutions

USPTO CompaniesEPO CompaniesUSPTO Higher Education InstitutesEPO Higher Education Institutes0,000,050,100,150,200,250,300,35Proportion of female inventors20012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017Year0,000,050,100,150,200,250,300,3520012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017 USPTO CompaniesEPO CompaniesUSPTO Higher Education InstitutesEPO Higher Education Institutes0,000,050,100,150,200,250,300,35Proportion of female inventors20012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017Year0,000,050,100,150,200,250,300,3520012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017 USPTO CompaniesEPO CompaniesUSPTO Higher Education InstitutesEPO Higher Education Institutes0,000,100,200,30Proportion of female inventors20012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017Year0,000,100,200,3020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017

Source: ECOOM

The WIR in companies is clearly lower than in higher education institutions: for company patents from Flanders, only 1 inventor in 6 is a woman (WIR 0.18). For patents from Flemish higher education, 1 in 3.4 inventors is female (WIR 0.29). Both types of applicant do show an increasing trend. The data for EPO and USPTO show a similar pattern in this regard.

The international comparison of the WIR for patents for these two types of applicant is shown in Figure 6 and Figure 7. The gender distribution here does have a different basis: it is based on all inventors in those patents, including the foreign inventors. For these partial analyses, Flanders' ranking is much less favourable. In addition to Spain and the US, Ireland, Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Great Britain are now ahead of us for business patents. We still lag behind VARIO benchmark countries Sweden, Finland and Denmark. For patents applied for by higher education institutions, in addition to Spain and the USA, we are also outranked by Italy, Finland, Belgium, the Netherlands and Great Britain. Flanders also scores below the average of the EU member states.

 

Figure 6: International comparison of the WIR for EPO patent applications (2017) and granted USPTO patents (2016).- Companies

EPO patent applications (2017)Granted USPTO patents (2016)0,000,050,100,150,200,25Proportion of female inventorsIEUSESBEFRNLGBVLSEFIEU-27DKDEITCountry or Region0,000,050,100,150,200,25IEUSESBEFRNLGBVLSEFIEU-27DKDEIT EPO patent applications (2017)Granted USPTO patents (2016)0,000,050,100,150,200,25Proportion of female inventorsIEUSESBEFRNLGBVLSEFIEU-27DKDEITCountry or Region0,000,050,100,150,200,25IEUSESBEFRNLGBVLSEFIEU-27DKDEIT EPO patent applications (2017)Granted USPTO patents (2016)0,000,100,20Proportion of female inventorsIEUSESBEFRNLGBVLSEFIEU-27DKDEITCountry or Region0,000,100,20IEUSESBEFRNLGBVLSEFIEU-27DKDEIT

Source: ECOOM

Figure 7: International comparison of the WIR for EPO patent applications (2017) and granted USPTO patents (2016).- Higher Education Institutes

EPO patent applications (2017)Granted USPTO patents (2016)0,000,050,100,150,200,250,300,350,400,45Proportion of female inventorsESITFIFRUSEU-27BENLGBVLDKIEDECountry or Region0,000,050,100,150,200,250,300,350,400,45ESITFIFRUSEU-27BENLGBVLDKIEDE EPO patent applications (2017)Granted USPTO patents (2016)0,000,100,200,300,40Proportion of female inventorsESITFIFRUSEU-27BENLGBVLDKIEDECountry or Region0,000,100,200,300,40ESITFIFRUSEU-27BENLGBVLDKIEDE EPO patent applications (2017)Granted USPTO patents (2016)0,000,100,200,300,40Proportion of female inventorsESITFIFRUSEU-27BENLGBVLDKIEDECountry or Region0,000,100,200,300,40ESITFIFRUSEU-27BENLGBVLDKIEDE

Source: ECOOM

The regional comparison of the WIR for patents filed by these two types of applicant is shown in Figure 8 and Figure 9. (Only regions with at least 10 patent applications in 2017 were retained). For business patents, Flanders ranks in the middle here. For patents applied for by higher education institutions, only a limited comparison is possible because in many regions hardly any patents are applied for by this type of applicant. Flanders does rank first here.

Figure 8: Comparison of the WIR for EPO patent applications (2017) in Flanders and some VARIO benchmark regions - Companies

Companies (2017)0,000,020,040,060,080,100,120,140,160,180,200,22Proportion of female inventorsHovedstadenStockholmNoord-BrabantUtrechtVlaanderenHelsinki-UusimaaSydsverigeKarlsruheTübingenStuttgartRegion0,000,020,040,060,080,100,120,140,160,180,200,22HovedstadenStockholmNoord-BrabantUtrechtVlaanderenHelsinki-UusimaaSydsverigeKarlsruheTübingenStuttgartCompanies (2017…: 0,2 Companies (2017)0,000,050,100,150,20Proportion of female inventorsHovedstadenStockholmNoord-BrabantUtrechtVlaanderenHelsinki-UusimaaSydsverigeKarlsruheTübingenStuttgartRegion0,000,050,100,150,20HovedstadenStockholmNoord-BrabantUtrechtVlaanderenHelsinki-UusimaaSydsverigeKarlsruheTübingenStuttgart Companies (2017)0,000,050,100,150,20Proportion of female inventorsHovedstadenStockholmNoord-BrabantUtrechtVlaanderenHelsinki-UusimaaSydsverigeKarlsruheTübingenStuttgartRegion0,000,050,100,150,20HovedstadenStockholmNoord-BrabantUtrechtVlaanderenHelsinki-UusimaaSydsverigeKarlsruheTübingenStuttgart

Source: ECOOM

Figure 9: Comparison of the WIR for EPO patent applications (2017) in Flanders and some VARIO benchmark regions – Higher Education Institutes

Higher Education (2017)0,000,050,100,150,200,25Proportion of female inventorsVlaanderenHovedstadenOberbayernTübingenNoord-BrabantStuttgartHelsinki-UusimaaRegion0,000,050,100,150,200,25VlaanderenHovedstadenOberbayernTübingenNoord-BrabantStuttgartHelsinki-Uusimaa Higher Education (2017)0,000,050,100,150,200,25Proportion of female inventorsVlaanderenHovedstadenOberbayernTübingenNoord-BrabantStuttgartHelsinki-UusimaaRegion0,000,050,100,150,200,25VlaanderenHovedstadenOberbayernTübingenNoord-BrabantStuttgartHelsinki-Uusimaa Higher Education (2017)0,000,100,20Proportion of female inventorsVlaanderenHovedstadenOberbayernTübingenNoord-BrabantStuttgartHelsinki-UusimaaRegion0,000,100,20VlaanderenHovedstadenOberbayernTübingenNoord-BrabantStuttgartHelsinki-Uusimaa

Source: ECOOM