Court Denies Smucker's PB&J Patent 388
lbmouse writes "The AP is reporting that on Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit rejected an effort by the Jelly & Jam maker to patent its process for making pocket peanut butter and jelly sandwiches." While the company was only trying to patent the "crimping process" used to create a specific type of mass market sandwich, they had also "...asked Albie's Foods of Gaylord, Mich., to stop producing ready-made PB&J sandwiches for a school district".
Re:"Uncrustables" (Score:5, Interesting)
And FYI, we should be getting about 500-2400mg of sodium a day, but the average American consumes something like 3000-6000mg per day, because we eat so much prepackaged food.
Re:God damn geek anti-patent rants (Score:3, Interesting)
James
Re:US Army... (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:PB&J vs. Technology (Score:2, Interesting)
Already been done. [bbc.co.uk]
Re:Smuckers... (Score:2, Interesting)
There is a device called a jaffle iron designed to be held over a fire or stove, it creates 'flying saucers' of toasted bread with whatever filling you want.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaffle_iron [wikipedia.org]
Re:Abstract: Patent Number: 6,874,409 (Score:3, Interesting)
The crimping is no different than has been done on other dough encased objects for centuries. New? Non-obvious? You tell me.
Re:What's next - patenting how Mom makes Hash Brow (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:What's next - patenting how Mom makes Hash Brow (Score:2, Interesting)
When I took those sandwiches to work that butter made sure that the J (or other stuff) stayed in the middle untill my noon break, when I ate them.
Would those sandwiches be considered "prior art", or would they, as they are "so similar", be falling under the P&J -patent too ?
Jam, jelly, preserves, marmalade (Score:4, Interesting)
I think that preserves are like jam, but even chunkier.
Preserves might not include pectin, but don't quote me on that.
OK, here are some "official" definitions:
Here are the relationships between the various substances, as I understand them: Or, in Python: I hope that this helps distinguish between the various types of delicious fruit-derived toppings for sandwiches, English muffins, etc.
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Re:US Army... (Score:3, Interesting)
the absolute best portable meal is a PB&J on a flour tortilla. you can roll them up tight and fit 4 of them in a ziplock space where one sandwich fits. plus they can be crushed more without damage. Excellent portable meals for hiking, climbing and hang gliding or other aspects needing portable, durable, can easily be eaten on the side of a mountian with one hand only part time.
A buddy of mine used to bring 2 with him scuba diving... he would pop out of thew water after 20 minutes of diving and open the ziplock and eat one.. but then he was one of those guys that you go to mickey-d's with and he eats 4 bigmacs and loses weight.