1、Advancing women in STEMA data-driven assessment of the gender gap across Europes innovation ecosystemMarch 2026epo.orgepo.org|02ADVANCING WOMEN IN STEMContentsList of tables and figures 04List of abbreviations and list of countries 08Foreword by the President 09Executive Summary 101.Introduction 211
2、.1.The gap of women in patenting .211.2.Why this report?.211.3.Structure.222.The progress of women in STEM 232.1.The“leaky pipeline”.232.2.The different steps of the pipeline.242.3.A question of fairness and competitivity.27Inventor Profile:Dame Carol Vivien Robinson 283.Contribution of women to pat
3、enting 313.1.Womens participation in inventive activity:Evidence from EPO data.313.1.1 Womens inventorship in EPO member states,20132022.313.1.2 Inventor gender gap analysis.413.1.3 Regional analysis of the inventor gender gap .433.1.4 Conclusions on womens participation in inventive activity in Eur
4、ope.463.2.Women as patent professionals.473.2.1 Gender gaps in different patent professions.483.2.2 Impact of under-representation of women in the patent sector .52Inventor Profile:Cordelia Schmid 544.Women founders and startups in Europe 574.1.Gender gap in patenting startups.574.2.Gender gap betwe
5、en patenting and non-patenting startups.634.3.Conclusions on women in European tech startups.70Table of Content|Executive Summary|1.Introduction|2.Women in STEM|3.Womens patenting 4.Women founders Europe|5.STEM graduates outputs|6.Policy and conclusion|7.Sources|Annexepo.org|03ADVANCING WOMEN IN STE
6、MInventor Profile:Marie Perrin 715.Patenting and publishing activities of STEM graduates in Europe contribution from the DOC-TRACK project 745.1.The DOC-TRACK database .755.2.STEM doctoral graduates and patenting.795.3.STEM doctoral graduates and publishing.875.4.The“leaky pipeline”from academia.915