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Gender gap in inventions[edit]
Historically, women in many regions have been unrecognised for their inventive contributions (except Russia and France^[29]), despite being the sole inventor or co-inventor in inventions, including highly notable inventions. Notable examples include Margaret Knight who faced significant challenges in receiving credit for her inventions;^[30] Elizabeth Magie who was not credited for her invention of the game of Monopoly;^[31] and among other such examples, Chien-Shiung Wu whose male colleagues alone were awarded the Nobel Prize for their joint contributions to physics.^[32] Societal prejudice, institutional, educational and often legal patent barriers have both played a role in the gender invention gap. For example, although there could be found female patenters in US patent Office who also are likely to be helpful in their experience, still a patent applications made to the US Patent Office for inventions are less likely to succeed where the applicant have a "feminine" name,^[33]and additionally women could lose their independent legal patent rights to their husbands once married.^[34] See also the gender gap in patents.