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The Trump administration is opening a new front in its battle with Harvard University on the issue of patents, marking a new escalation with the elite school that could result in the loss of additional federal funding or intellectual property rights.

In a Friday letter to Harvard President Alan Garber obtained by CNN, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick writes that the Trump administration believes the university is “in breach of the statutory, regulatory, and contractual requirements tied to Harvard’s federal funded research programs and intellectual property arising therefrom, including patents.”

The Commerce Department, Lutnick said, is issuing an “immediate comprehensive review” of Harvard’s federally funded research programs.

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