United States · Bill · S
S. 632 (117th)
IDEA Act
Introduced
9 March 2021
Last action
29 April 2021 · Reported
Status
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Sponsors
Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI], Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC], Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE], Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT], Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT], Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN], Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Subjects
Defence
Source updated
10 August 2026
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
9 March 2021
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1425-1426)
Source: IntroReferral
9 March 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
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 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] · D · Cosponsor
- · ssju00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/632
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/s/632
- us · 117-s-632 · source updated 10 August 2026