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19 Am. U. J. Gender Soc. Pol'y & L. 773 (2011)
Examining Exclusion in Woman-Inventor Patenting: A Comparison of Educational Trends and Patent Data in the Era of Computer Engineer Barbie

handle is hein.journals/ajgsp19 and id is 783 raw text is: EXAMINING EXCLUSION IN WOMAN-INVENTOR PATENTING: A COMPARISON OF EDUCATIONAL TRENDS AND PATENT DATA IN THE ERA OF COMPUTER ENGINEER BARBIE® ANNETTE I. KAHLER I. Introduction .................................... ...............774 II. Women Inventors in the United States........................778 A. Historical Perspectives ........................778 B. Recent Statistics..............................782 III. Data Comparisons.......................................784 A. Educational Trends ..................................784 B. Patent Trends......................................788 C. Gender Imbalance in the Patent Bar.....................791 IV. Barriers to Greater Participation By Women ...................792 A. Gender Stratification in Engineering and Computer Science .... 792 B. Stereotypes, Cultural Norms, and Computer Engineer Barbie .........................................795 C. Does it Matter? .....................................797 V. Conclusion ....................................... ......798 *Exigent Innovations, Inc. and Heslin, Rothenberg, Farley & Mesiti, P.C. The opinions expressed herein are my own and do not necessarily represent the views of the organizations with which I am affiliated. I substantially completed this article while I was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Law and Director, Center for Law & Innovation, at Albany Law School. I wish to thank law student Amanda Connors and Albany Law School staff attorney Pamela Ko for their research assistance, as well as the many student researchers who assisted in data gathering. I also thank the participants in the 2010 American University College of Law 7th Annual Symposium on IP/Gender: Mapping the Connections for their comments on an earlier version of this Article. 773

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