Why Do Women Produce More Patents Than Men?

A main reason why women produce fewer patents than men is because there are more men that work in the science and engineering fields. These are mostly the fields where the patents are designed and developed. You don’t tend to see a lot of women in these fields even though it has improved a lot over the years. Because there are many men in these fields they design more inventions and end up with patents. Some would say it is because men are smarter, but in reality it is because women tend to shy away from these fields. You tend to see more women in the educational fields as well as nursing fields. They are more focused on their careers and families instead of inventing things and gaining patents. Men also seem to want to take more risks than …show more content…
(1975). WOMEN AND INVENTION. Business & Society Review (00453609), (15). It states that patent fall into four categories which are: legal, economic, social, and educational. In the early 19th century women did not have many patents because their inventions were patented under their husband’s or father’s names. Women way back in history were denied access to higher education that was important for inventing. Looking at the social aspect in earlier history it was thought to be unladylike for women to invent things. In the late 1800’s ideas for making money was important to women. In 1886 women stated fighting for equal right on a social aspect and this is where some patents by women came into …show more content…
Some of the top categories for women-owned patents were chemistry and pharmaceuticals. Women do better in biological sciences than they do in engineering or computer science. Women are starting are starting to advance in fields of invention that used to be controlled by males. The Patents owned by women are mostly found in areas of data processing. Some are found in surgery, as well as digital processing system. Some are also found in electrical computer