RE: open source. was Closed system (was: PC connection via twinax ?)

There's an IP lawsuit involving them and Smuckers over this very thing--the
peanut butter and jelly flavor.  I'm willing to bet that the patent actually
pertains to specific details of the manufacturing process, though.  Prior
art kind of (I hope) precludes a more general patent. <g>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Dow [mailto:pcdow@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 1:15 PM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: open source. was Closed system (was: PC connection via
> twinax ?)
>
>
> Hey people, watch what you eat:
>
> "Yes, folks, Menusaver holds the patent, awarded in December
> 1999, for the
> "sealed crustless sandwich." Patent No. 6,004,596 states:
> "The sandwich
> includes a lower bread portion, an upper bread portion, an
> upper filling and
> a lower filling between the lower and upper bread portions, a
> center filling
> sealed between the upper and lower fillings, and a crimped
> edge along an
> outer perimeter of the bread portions for sealing the
> fillings therebetween
> . . ."
>
> Bay City Times news section of Michigan Live (www. mlive.com/
> news/) on Jan.
> 20
>
> Before you bite, send your royalties to...
>
> Peter Dow
> Dow Software Services, Inc.
> 909 425-0194 voice
> 909 425-0196 fax
>