US Congress Senate Bill 2281 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: Introduced on July 25 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-07-25 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5110-5111)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

IDEA Act Inventor Diversity for Economic Advancement Act of 2019

Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]

Sen. Thom Tillis [R-NC]

Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]

Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-07-25	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5110-5111)

HB4075 (Same As) 2019-08-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2281/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s2281/BILLS-116s2281is.pdf