IDEA Act

Summary

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.

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Timeline

1. 9 March 2021

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1425-1426)

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 9 March 2021

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 29 April 2021

   Reported

   Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 9 March 2021 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 9 March 2021

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 9 March 2021

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 9 March 2021

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Sponsors

• Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
• Thomas Tillis · R · Sponsor
• Christopher Coons · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · D · Sponsor
• Chuck Grassley · R · Cosponsor
• Richard Durbin · D · Cosponsor
• Richard Blumenthal · D · Cosponsor
• Amy Klobuchar · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] · D · Cosponsor
• · ssju00 · Standing

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