IDEA Act
- Last Action
- 4/29/2021
Actions
- 2021-04-29Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- 2021-03-09Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1425-1426)
- 2021-03-09Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-03-09 (00)
Inventor Diversity for Economic Advancement Act of 2021 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.
Cosponsors (8)
- Thomas Tillis (R-NC)
- Christopher Coons (D-DE)
- Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
- Charles Grassley (R-IA)
- Richard Durbin (D-IL)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
Subjects
- Government information and archives
- Intellectual property
- Right of privacy
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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