IDEA Act Inventor Diversity for Economic Advancement Act of 2019

HB 4075 IDEA Act Inventor Diversity for Economic Advancement Act of 2019

US Congress 116th Congress

IDEA Act Inventor Diversity for Economic Advancement Act of 2019
HB-4075


About HB-4075

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.

  

Bill Texts

Introduced 08/14/2019

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