Advancing research on inventor demographics

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August 26, 2022

9:00 a.m. ET - 3:30 p.m. ET

Add to Calendar2022-08-26 09:00:002022-08-26 09:00:00Advancing research on inventor demographics Understanding the demographic makeup of inventors who apply for patents is a critical first step for characterizing who participates in the intellectual property ecosystem and for identifying policies that will expand participation. The USPTO is organizing a one-day symposium that will bring together economists, computer scientists, and others to discuss research methods, applied examples, and new ideas. The symposium will: Provide an overview of current approaches from leading scholars in the field Build knowledge Identify a community of practitioners Facilitate the application of common approaches This program will be of interest to all researchers engaged in inventor demographics based on administrative and other records. There is no charge to attend, but registration in advance is required. Register today Agenda Agenda subject to change Introductions 9:00–9:03 a.m. ET Greetings and logistics Shoshana Rabinovsky, moderator, AIR 9:03–9:10 a.m. ET Introductions and objectives Andrew Toole, host, USPTO Inventor gender 9:15–9:45 a.m. ET World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) approach to inventor gender Julio Raffo, WIPO 9:50–10:20 a.m. ET PatentsView approach to inventor gender Ernest Miguelez, University of Bordeaux 10:25–10:55 a.m. ET Assessing approaches to inventor gender Michelle Saksena, USPTO 10:55–11:10 a.m. ET Break Inventor race/ethnicity: Session 1 11:10–11:40 a.m. ET “Predicting ethnicity from names with rethnicity: Methodology and application” Fangzhou Xie, Rutgers University 11:45 a.m.–12:15 p.m. ET Foreign-origin status from name analysis: lessons learned from work on inventors and managers Francesco Lissoni, Bordeaux University / Bocconi University 12:15–1:00 p.m. ET Lunch Inventor race/ethnicity: Session 2 1:00–1:30 p.m. ET Introducing the ZRP model Jay Budzick, ZestAI 1:35–2:05 p.m. ET "A new method for estimating race/ethnicity and associated disparities where administrative records lack self-reported race/ethnicity" Marc Elliott, Rand 2:05 p.m.–2:20 p.m. ET Break Panel discussion 2:20–3:20 p.m. ET Panel theme: Perspectives on inventor demographic research Trevon Logan, Ohio State University Adam Gailey, Charles River Associates (CRA) Jason Dietrich, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Moderator: Nicholas Rada, USPTO Closing remarks 3:20 p.m. ET Andrew Toole, host, USPTO Additional information For more information, visit the symposium webpage or email contact@patentsview.org. This virtual program has been organized by the USPTO’s Office of the Chief Economist, a unit of the USPTO’s Office of Policy and International Affairs (OPIA), and will be hosted by the American Institutes for Research. OPIA advises the administration and other federal government departments and agencies on domestic and international intellectual property (IP) legal and policy issues. It also provides technical assistance and training on IP-related matters to U.S. stakeholders and both U.S. and foreign government officials. America/New_Yorkpublic

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Understanding the demographic makeup of inventors who apply for patents is a critical first step for characterizing who participates in the intellectual property ecosystem and for identifying policies that will expand participation. The USPTO is organizing a one-day symposium that will bring together economists, computer scientists, and others to discuss research methods, applied examples, and new ideas.

The symposium will:

Provide an overview of current approaches from leading scholars in the field
Build knowledge
Identify a community of practitioners
Facilitate the application of common approaches

This program will be of interest to all researchers engaged in inventor demographics based on administrative and other records. There is no charge to attend, but registration in advance is required.

Agenda

Agenda subject to change

Introductions

9:00–9:03 a.m. ET Greetings and logistics

Shoshana Rabinovsky, moderator, AIR

9:03–9:10 a.m. ET Introductions and objectives

Andrew Toole, host, USPTO

Inventor gender

9:15–9:45 a.m. ET World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) approach to inventor gender

Julio Raffo, WIPO

9:50–10:20 a.m. ET PatentsView approach to inventor gender

Ernest Miguelez, University of Bordeaux

10:25–10:55 a.m. ET Assessing approaches to inventor gender

Michelle Saksena, USPTO

10:55–11:10 a.m. ET Break

Inventor race/ethnicity: Session 1

11:10–11:40 a.m. ET “Predicting ethnicity from names with rethnicity: Methodology and application”

Fangzhou Xie, Rutgers University

11:45 a.m.–12:15 p.m. ET Foreign-origin status from name analysis: lessons learned from work on inventors and managers

Francesco Lissoni, Bordeaux University / Bocconi University

12:15–1:00 p.m. ET Lunch

Inventor race/ethnicity: Session 2

1:00–1:30 p.m. ET Introducing the ZRP model

Jay Budzick, ZestAI

1:35–2:05 p.m. ET "A new method for estimating race/ethnicity and associated disparities where administrative records lack self-reported race/ethnicity"

Marc Elliott, Rand

2:05 p.m.–2:20 p.m. ET Break

Panel discussion

2:20–3:20 p.m. ET Panel theme: Perspectives on inventor demographic research

Trevon Logan, Ohio State University
Adam Gailey, Charles River Associates (CRA)
Jason Dietrich, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)

Moderator: Nicholas Rada, USPTO

Closing remarks

3:20 p.m. ET

Andrew Toole, host, USPTO

Additional information

For more information, visit the symposium webpage or email contact@patentsview.org.

This virtual program has been organized by the USPTO’s Office of the Chief Economist, a unit of the USPTO’s Office of Policy and International Affairs (OPIA), and will be hosted by the American Institutes for Research. OPIA advises the administration and other federal government departments and agencies on domestic and international intellectual property (IP) legal and policy issues. It also provides technical assistance and training on IP-related matters to U.S. stakeholders and both U.S. and foreign government officials.

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