By Ryan Davis ( January 29, 2025, 8:18 PM EST) — U.S. Secretary of Commerce nominee Howard Lutnick said at his confirmation hearing Wednesday that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s backlog of unexamined patent applications is “unacceptable,” and pledged to work to reduce it so that patents are issued more quickly….

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