It's PB&J Time!
September 7, 2007
| 9:50 AM
As the House decides the fate of a bill that would revamp the nation's patent system, I decided to reminisce about an oft cited patent dispute that involves peanut butter and jelly sandwich technology. The U.S. Appeals Court for the Federal Circuit in April 2005 rejected an effort by J.M. Smucker Co. to patent its process for making pocket-size PB&J snacks.
Read more about this case: AP story on the court's ruling; Patently-O coverage; and the patent application. And, since it's Friday, click here for "Peanut Butter Jelly Time," a Flash animation that emerged in the early 2000s and became an Internet phenomenon.
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