Commentary On Dec. 11, Senators Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and Chris Coons (D-Del.) sent a letter (pdf) to Andrei Iancu, director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), requesting an inquiry into whether “qualified women are unnecessarily excluded from membership in the ‘patent bar.’” In other words, is there a systemic, purposeful exclusion of women from practicing patent law? This thesis was set forth in a recent paper titled “The Patent Bar Gender Gap: Expanding the Eligibility Requirements to Foster Inclusion and Innovation in the U.S. Patent System” by Mary T. Hannon, a patent agent with Marshall, Gerstein & Borun and a J.D. candidate at DePaul University College of Law. This “inquiry” is yet another attack on American innovation and constitutional rights that has been occurring over the last decade. While this one is coming from the woke left, sadly the attacks are also coming from …