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Court Denies Smucker's PB&J Patent

Posted by Zonk on from the line-in-the-sand dept.

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".

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  1. dot dot dot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    what do peanut butter and jelly sandwiches have to do with my rights online?

  2. WTF OMG LOL by mcmonkey · · Score: 0, Troll

    I have no time for those who think life is too short to take the time to comment on someone commenting about a comment about who takes time to make some sort of crap.