USPTO Patent Grant Rate and Growing Backlog: info for those involved in innovation and patent litigation.

The backlog of unexamined applications has risen sharply in recent years — reaching 804,658 applications in October 2024 which is a concerning increase from approximately 526,000 applications in early 2018. Pendency and backlog issues reached a crisis point in 2008, but we are now above that high point.

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The Secret Society of People Who Know the Formula for WD-40

January 30, 2026

joel's thoughts:

Even the CEO had to wait more than 30 years to get into the vault that holds the recipe for the lubricant

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David is winning the protein brand wars by saying nothing at all

January 21, 2026

joel's thoughts:

David protein bars' brilliant branding stands out by embracing simplicity...“It’s loud by being quiet."

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