legislation: 116-s-4394

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116-s-4394 116 s 4394 IDEA Act Commerce 2020-07-30 2020-07-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Senate Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] HI D H001042 2 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. 2023-01-11T13:45:32Z  

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