U.S. Patent Office Aims to Boost Innovation By Women, Minorities
- Agency looks to expand ‘innovation ecosystem’ with new council
- Invention seen key to keeping America’s technological edge
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Efforts to encourage innovation by women, underrepresented minorities and people from lower socioeconomic rungs will get a new push from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
The agency aims to “expand the American innovation ecosystem” by pulling together venture capitalists, industry titans and educators to create a national strategy, Andrei Iancu, director of the patent office, said in an interview.