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Better find another way to make a sandwich

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by 2muchcoffeeman, Nov 24, 2008.

  1. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    Because McDonald's wants to patent the method of "making a sandwich."

    http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/25/0034229

    The good news is that in light of a recent appeals court decision supporting a Patent Office decision not to allow patents for methods of doing business, this patent and many other patents like it could be tossed.
     
  2. three_bags_full

    three_bags_full Well-Known Member


    That's the salad patent.
     
  3. Joe Williams

    Joe Williams Well-Known Member

    Nice.
     
  4. Killick

    Killick Well-Known Member

    If McDonald's is successful with that, I'm going straight to the cops and filing a claim that Ronald touched me inappropriately when I was a kid.
     
  5. pallister

    pallister Guest

    The sandwich artists at Subway are gonna be pissed.
     
  6. mustangj17

    mustangj17 Active Member

    BILL BRASKY!

    Ronald McDonald touched me.

    Silence......BILL BRASKY!
     
  7. Pete Incaviglia

    Pete Incaviglia Active Member

    If I'm not mistaken, McDonald's already has a patent on how to apply ketchup and mustard to their burgers.

    I specifically remember my buddy in high school working for Burger King and being told ketchup and mustard had to be applied in counter-clockwise circles because McDonald's did it clockwise.

    Now, some douche manager may have been pulling his chain (and mine in turn) but I think it was even in the employee handbook/training manual.
     
  8. pallister

    pallister Guest

    How is McDonald's gonna know? They have patent spies?
     
  9. Pete Incaviglia

    Pete Incaviglia Active Member

    Haha. I have no idea. I'm just relaying the story I was told.
     
  10. doubledown68

    doubledown68 Active Member

    I must say that counter-clockwise mustard just doesn't taste the same as clockwise mustard.

    I should know. I'm a man who loves his mustard.
     
  11. mike311gd

    mike311gd Active Member

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  12. KYSportsWriter

    KYSportsWriter Well-Known Member

    I worked at the golden arches, and I don't ever remember them saying anything about that ...
     
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