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UNCRUSTABLES
PATENT:
NOT AMUSING
A
factual report by Jesse Elias

"People think it is
amusing to talk about patents on a peanut butter and jelly sandwich,
but it is a patent that never should have been issued. This is a
technology -- if you can call it that -- that has been around in many
forms for many years." --
Adam Jaffe, professor of economics
at Brandeis University,
Mass..
From U.S.
Patent 6,004,596
,
"Sealed Crustless Sandwich":
Filing date: Dec
8, 1997
Issue date: Dec 21, 1999
We claim:
1. A sealed crustless sandwich, comprising: a first bread layer having
a first perimeter surface coplanar to a contact surface;
at least one filling of an edible food juxtaposed to said contact
surface; a
second bread layer juxtaposed to said at least one filling opposite of
said first bread layer, wherein said second bread layer includes a
second perimeter surface similar to said first perimeter surface;
a crimped edge directly between said first perimeter surface and said
second perimeter surface for sealing said at least one filling between
said first bread layer and said second bread layer; wherein a crust portion of
said first bread layer and said second bread layer has been removed.
2. The sealed crustless sandwich of claim 1, wherein said crimped edge
includes a plurality of spaced apart depressions for increasing a bond
of said crimped edge.
3. The sealed crustless sandwich of claim 2, wherein said crimped edge
is a finite distance from said at least one filling for increasing said
bond.|
4.
The sealed crustless sandwich of claim 3, wherein said at least one
filling comprises: a first filling; a second filling; a third filling;
and wherein said second filling is completely surrounded by said first
filling and said third filling for preventing said second filling from
engaging said first bread layer and said second bread layer.
5. The sealed crustless sandwich of claim 4, wherein said first filling
and third filling have sealing characteristics.
6. The sealed crustless sandwich of claim 5, wherein: said first
filling is juxtaposed to said first bread layer; said third filling is
juxtaposed to said second bread layer; and an outer edge of said first
filling and said third filling are engaged to one another to form a
reservoir for retaining said second filling in between.
7. The sealed crustless sandwich of claim 6, wherein said first filling
and said third filling are comprised of peanut butter; and said second
filling is comprised of a jelly.
8. The sealed
crustless sandwich of claim 7, wherein said crimped edge is formed into
a substantially circular shape.
9. A sealed crustless sandwich, comprising: a first bread layer having
a first perimeter surface, a first crust portion and a first contact
surface; a first filling juxtaposed to said first contact surface; a
second bread layer having a second perimeter surface, a second crust
portion and a second contact surface; a second filling juxtaposed to
said second contact surface; a third filling; a crimped edge directly
between said first and second perimeter surfaces for sealing said
first, second, and third fillings between said first and second bread
layers; wherein said first and second crust portions have been removed
and said third filling is encapsulated by said first and second
fillings.
10. The sealed crustless sandwich of claim 9 wherein said first filling
and said second filling have sealing characteristics.
US006004596C1 (12) EX PARTE REEXAMINATION CERTIFICATE (5899th) United
States Patent ao) Number: us 6,004,596 ci
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