The Commerce Department moves to close the patent gap for women and minorities

The Commerce Department, through the Patent and Trademark Office, has for several years operated a plan to help more women and minorities gain access to the patent system, and fill what has become known as the patent gap. Now that effort has notched up a gear. For more on what's going on, Tom Temin spoke with the USPTO's deputy commissioner for patents, Valencia Martin Wallace.
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