Folding a ring of melty cheese into dough was a revolutionary practice that made Pizza Hut $300 million in a single year. But Anthony Mongiello, who claims to have created the idea, says he never got a slice of the financial pie.
A patent examiner, at one point, told his attorney that “it sort of infringes on an apple turnover or a ravioli,” Mongiello said.
While I don’t think this is something that should be able to have a patent, Pizza Hut was a jerk about it by turning him down and then releasing the thing he offered to partner with them on.
Calzones are prior art. Also from the article:
While I don’t think this is something that should be able to have a patent, Pizza Hut was a jerk about it by turning him down and then releasing the thing he offered to partner with them on.
Gotta get those patents before the corporate meetings and don’t forget to bring the NDAs