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Nestle Patents Coffee Beer

Posted by samzenpus on from the like-fried-chicken-and-doughnuts dept.

Dotnaught writes "New Scientist reports that Nestec, a Nestle subsidiary, has applied for a patent on a fermented coffee beverage. In other words, coffee beer -- it foams like beer and packs the caffeine of coffee, with "fruity and/or floral notes due to the fermentation of the coffee aroma."

3 of 471 comments (clear)

  1. Buzz Beer by cwalk · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Wow Nestle, way to steal a fictitious product from a hit sitcom (The Drew Carry Show). Another example of how/why patents don't work...

  2. Prior Art? by mr_zorg · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Uh, wouldn't Buzz Beer from the Drew Carey show be considered prior art?

  3. Prior Art by mlmitton · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Surely Drew Carey can get this patent rejected! Or, if not that, Mimi could scare them into giving it up.

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