1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Inventor Diversity for Economic Advancement Act of 2020 or the IDEA Act . 2. Collection of demographic information for patent inventors (a) Amendment Chapter 11 of title 35, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 124. Collection of demographic information for patent inventors (a) Voluntary collection The Director shall provide for the collection of demographic information, including gender, race, military or veteran status, and any other demographic category that the Director determines appropriate, related to each inventor listed with an application for patent, that may be submitted voluntarily by that inventor. (b) Protection of information The Director shall— (1) keep any information submitted under subsection (a) confidential and separate from the application for patent; and (2) establish appropriate procedures to ensure— (A) the confidentiality of any information submitted under subsection (a); and (B) that demographic information is not made available to examiners or considered in the examination of any application for patent. (c) Relation to Federal information policy law Subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 44 shall not apply to the collection of demographic information under subsection (a). (d) Publication of demographic information (1) Report required Not later than January 31 of each year, the Director shall make publicly available a report that, except as provided in paragraph (3)— (A) includes the total number of patent applications filed during the previous year disaggregated— (i) by demographic information described in subsection (a); and (ii) by technology class number, technology class title, country of residence of the inventor, and State of residence of the inventor in the United States; (B) includes the total number of patents issued during the previous year disaggregated— (i) by demographic information described in subsection (a)