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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 17 2012 @ 12:21 PM EDT |
I wonder who the stakeholders are in this dispute. This sort
of argumentation is rare in the meat business. Only can
only hope that the legal work will be well done. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 17 2012 @ 12:36 PM EDT |
What?
I thought that that was a joke. Granted, it isn't the first of April, but
people,and organizations are pulling stunts like this, as a joke, year round.
I didn't look at the patent number in the comments of the article that was
linked from the article that was linked from here. Assuming the description
of the patent is valid, accurate, and representational, this is not a steak,
per se, but rather a process of synthesizing a steak. Which sounds similar to
a TED talk i slept through last night.(I watch TED talks on the roku, when i
can't sleep at night.)[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 17 2012 @ 12:37 PM EDT |
As we've seen before with bad patents... if this patent is granted, it will
indeed be the "last" cut. And will more than likely pursue litigation
against the first cut, and all cuts in between.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 17 2012 @ 03:59 PM EDT |
Fabricated or manufactured, in my dictionary, means to build, construct or
otherwise put something together. Not lop a chunk off something in a particular
way - be it an animal or a rock.
You could "fabricate" something out of, say a single lump of rock,
into a sculpture but the result would be copyrightable not patentable.
So appears to me there's two possibilities:
1) The term is accurate and it is indeed "fabricated". That would mean
it isn't a "cut" of meat, rather it's two or more cuts put together to
produce something that's similar to a genuine steak but is in fact reconstituted
- as so many prepackaged cold-cuts in supermarkets are.
2) It is a genuinely original single "cut" of beef that no-one has
noticed before, has been forgotten and rediscovered, or as the articles also say
has previously been "undervalued".
IMHO, non-patent-lawyer, opinion:
If the former then the method and result of producing it may be patentable as a
method for fabricating or constructing something new and novel out of separate
available parts.
If the latter however is true then all the "fabrication",
"manufacture", "intellectual property" language is so much
bovine waste - simply being used to try to bolster the case for what would be an
invalid and overreaching patent.
If it is simply a genuine "cut" that can be made in a beef carcass
then it's a "fact", and a law of nature, and not patentable.
A specialized tool or machine to achieve this cut in the most efficient manner
would be.
And a book or other text explaining how to achieve the cut would be
copyrightable.
But the cut itself - no chance.
Though when I say "no chance" I mean it's not truly patentable.
Regrettably, I *don't* mean they won't get away with getting a patent anyway!
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| Authored by: dio gratia on Thursday, May 17 2012 @ 04:06 PM EDT |
Google "US20070172576 patent" This appears to be the only patent
application published by the person ( Antonio (Tony) Mata )
mentioned in the original article Group claims breakthrough with
discovery of new steak cut on meat.
It's a restructured meat product -
formed. The process may well be worthy of a patent. One could wonder if
Hormel's Spam might be prior art or demonstrate obviousness (should it have been
patented).
The Vegas Strip
Steak product looks enticing in the photos.
From the web page showing
Mr. Mata, note the involvement of Oklahoma State University.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 17 2012 @ 04:07 PM EDT |
"Las Vegas Strip" is the right name - they're "gambling" on
sneaking this through the patent system, and if they succeed, they'll think
they've "hit the jackpot!"[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 17 2012 @ 04:35 PM EDT |
Not the news pick article, but the original article that the news pick
references.
“Whenever we can take a muscle and turn it into a steak
rather than grinding it or selling it as a roast, we are adding value to the
carcass.”
Of course... the cow had no role to play in the value
:)
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 17 2012 @ 04:40 PM EDT |
For those that don't mind looking at a patent on food preperation, it may be
USPTO Applicaton #: #20070172576.
And all I can say
is:
Whenever you hear the term "Vegas Cut", don't automatically assume it's
all beef
:)
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