S 4394
116th Congress
Senate
Commerce
Government information and archives
Intellectual property
Right of privacy
IDEA Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 30, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 30, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Inventor Diversity for Economic Advancement Act of 2020 or the IDEA Act
This bill requires the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to request demographic information from the inventor on each patent application submitted to the USPTO.
Inventors shall not be required to provide the requested information, which shall include gender, race, and military or veteran status.
The USPTO shall (1) publish an annual public report about the collected data, including the collected data broken down by the types of technology covered by the patent applications; and (2) make the underlying data publicly available.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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