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ISSN 1949-8241
Volume 19, Number 4, 2018 Pages 655-806 E-ISSN 1949-825X
SPECIAL TOPIC ISSUE:
THE INVENTION GENDER GAP

The Gender Gap in Invention 655
Florence P. Haseltine
The Challenge to Gene Patents as Feminist Patent Litigation 659
Sandra S. Park

Gender Data Gap: Baseline of U.S. Academic Institutions 671
Kathleen Sohar, Nichole R. Mercier, Lisa Goble, Forough Ghahramani, and
Bethany Loftin

National Medal of Technology & Innovation: Women Laureates 684

Engaging Women Innovators: Analytical Support for Women Innovator Programming in
University Technology Transfer 685
Nichole R. Mercier, Varsh Ranjit, and Robert J. Reardon

Strategies to Close the Gender Gap in Invention and Technology Commercialization 701
Kelly B. Sexton and Frances S. Ligler

On the Commercialization Path: Entrepreneurship and Intellectual Property Outputs
among Women in STEM 707
Berna Demiralp, Laura T.R. Morrison, and Stephanie Zayed

Closing Diversity Gaps in Innovation: Gender, Race, and Income Disparities in Patenting
and Commercialization of Inventions 727
Holly Fechner and Matthew S. Shapanka

Addressing the Gender Gap among Patent Holders through Invention Education Policies 735
Stephanie Couch, Leigh B. Estabrooks, and Audra Skukauskaite

Breaking Barriers: Female Inventors Blazing a Path Forward 751
Yolanda L. Comedy and Elizabeth L. Dougherty

From the USPTO: Mind the Gap – The USPTO’s Efforts to Narrow the Gender Gap in
Patenting and Innovation 759
Linda Hosler

National Inventors Hall of Fame: Honoring Women in STEM 763

The National Academy of Inventors: Honoring Inventive Women 764
The NAI Fellow Profile: An Interview with Dr. Michelle Khine 765
Michelle Khine and Kimberly A. Macuare