IDEA Act

Summary

Inventor Diversity for Economic Advancement Act of 2019 or the IDEA Act This bill directs the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to collect demographic information about each inventor listed on a patent application. Inventors shall not be required to provide the requested information, which shall include gender, ethnicity, national origin, sexual identity, veterans status, disability, and education and income levels. Such information shall be (1) kept confidential and separate from each patent application, and (2) periodically made public as aggregated data without personally identifying information.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

1. 25 July 2019

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5110-5111)

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 25 July 2019

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 25 July 2019 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 25 July 2019

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 25 July 2019

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 25 July 2019

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
• Thomas Tillis · R · Sponsor
• Christopher Coons · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] · D · Cosponsor
• · ssju00 · Standing

Related records

• related to ← IDEA Act