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>"3. There is no such thing as "a patent on toast". It's a downright shame that the authors didn't think to double check that with someone who, y'know, real understands how patents work. But oh look, amongst other things, M-CAM sells "patent risk management" services! No, not a conflict of interest there at all."

Bread refreshing method US 6080436 A

http://www.google.ca/patents/US6080436

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If you do the following, you are committing a patent infringement.

a) placing a bread product in an oven having at least one heating element,

b) setting the temperature of the heating elements between 2500 F. and 4500 F., and

c) ceasing exposure of the bread product to the at least one heating element after a period of 3 sec. to 90 sec.

Sounds like a toaster where you move the bread away from the element rather than turn the element off. E.g. what happens in thousands of bread/toast factories around the world.

This a patent on a method of making "toast."

And not having looked at the spec, it is possible that the claims might be construed in a way that won't cover how you or I would usually make "toast."

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