Diversity Tool – General Analysis in Excel
As part of our effort to support diversity initiatives, ROL Group developed a simple Excel tool for estimating the gender of the inventors on your patent.
Watch a YouTube tutorial on how to use the tool
You can read more about the challenges of understanding gender diversity in inventorship and the creation of this tool in our article:
“Measuring Diversity in Invention and Patenting is Easier Said than Done, Harrison, Oliver. Download
Additional resources and articles discussing diversity initiatives:
“Early Impression from Invention Diversity Study” An article by Santa Clara University on how to solve diversity data challenges.
Note: The tool was updated on Sep 20, 2021 to address some issues when the WIPO lookup table did not return a gender, thanks for the bug report.