MACCA's To Patent Burgers !!!!

csv8 · 30-11-2006, 11:38 AM

No one else puts a burger together quite like McDonald's - or, at least, that's what McDonald's thinks. The company has put in a patent application (WO2006068865) in Europe and the US that tries to stake the company's exclusive claim to their sandwich preparation methods.

If you have ever gone behind the scenes at McDonald's you will immediately notice the posters that visually describe the components of each sandwich to the cooks, but the process is more complicated that just a photo - especially if you follow the instructions in the patent application. Apparently, it involves the "pre-assembly of sandwich components and simultaneous preparation of different parts of the same sandwich." Bread (a.k.a. the "bread component") is toasted while a filling is heated. Condiments and garnishes, from ketchup to tomatoes and bacon - are put into an "assembly tool" and added, together, to the sandwich. And it is the making of sandwiches, not the making of "McDonald's burgers" that the 55-page application tries to claim in the name of the company, noting "often the sandwich filling is the source of the name of the sandwich, for example - ham sandwich."
A spokesman for the UK patent office said that, while they may be able to claim their "assembly tool" as unique, neither they nor anyone else can gain the exclusive rights to making a sandwich.

4.9 EF Futura · 30-11-2006, 11:41 AM

Hahah, that's classic.

Imagine the consequences if someone was stupid enough to approve the application. Lol, every deli from Adelaide to New York would be shut down!!!

Surely McDonalds can find better use for their legal resources than this!!

nugget378 · 30-11-2006, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by 4.9 EF Futura

Hahah, that's classic.

Imagine the consequences if someone was stupid enough to approve the application. Lol, every deli from Adelaide to New York would be shut down!!!

Surely McDonalds can find better use for their legal resources than this!!

Or better yet,your slapped with a summons for making a sandwich in your own home..Using there proprietry method

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Maybe if they paid those poor kids that work there a bit more they wouldnt have the money to throw away on crap like this

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MethodX · 30-11-2006, 05:58 PM

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HLC · 30-11-2006, 06:37 PM

The New "Made For You" preparation concept that is now being employed in McDonalds restaurants all around Australia are patented, or patent pending.

i know this cause i work at maccas.

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Hardtopxb · 30-11-2006, 12:06 PM

McDonalds must have serious 'inferiority complex' issues..

niko · 02-12-2006, 01:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Hardtopxb

McDonalds must have serious 'inferiority complex' issues..

they make big bucks, they have highly paid people who keep those big bucks coming in.

i don't see why this is funny at all, when infact they feed earth!

csv8 · 02-12-2006, 06:02 PM

I was recently in the Sates, and Macca's has McTreat, same as regular Maccas but only sells, sundaes, thick shakes, McFlurries etc. I had a triple thick shake, like eating concrete, but soooo good !!!
Also, Burger King, HJ's here, has "Frypods" the fries holder is designed to sit in the car cupholder.

Ford_Boy · 30-11-2006, 12:08 PM

i dont get it ? maccas think they can lay claim to be the only sandwhich makers?

pauljh74 · 30-11-2006, 12:17 PM

*Cook burger pattie
*Toast bun
*Prepare fillings
*Prepare pickles (which will end up stuck to the roof of the restaurant anyway)
*Assemble burger
*Spit in burger
*Wrap it up
*Give to customer after asking if they want fries with that

PDIDDY · 30-11-2006, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by pauljh74

*Cook burger pattie
*Toast bun
*Prepare fillings
*Prepare pickles (which will end up stuck to the roof of the restaurant anyway)
*Assemble burger
*Spit in burger
*Wrap it up
*Give to customer after asking if they want fries with that

That is gold. At KFC it would be spank in burger!

XD 351 Ute · 30-11-2006, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by PDIDDY

That is gold. At KFC it would be spank in burger!

Funny you should say that.
I heard some years ago a bloke got sacked from the KFC in town for adding 'extra ingredients' to the coleslaw.........

Ed

Ford_Boy · 30-11-2006, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by XD 351 Ute

Funny you should say that.
I heard some years ago a bloke got sacked from the KFC in town for adding 'extra ingredients' to the coleslaw.........

Ed

aww yuk i hope its not what im thinking lol. i used to work at hungry jacks and the stuff that goes on there. i tell you what. dont order any chicken products because they are often left sitting in the fat at the bottom of the broiler pan

**DJM83** · 01-12-2006, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by pauljh74

*Prepare pickles (which will end up stuck to the roof of the restaurant anyway)

hahaha thats gold

EA2BA · 30-11-2006, 12:16 PM

assembly tool - isnt is just the cardboard ring around the burger these days.

4.9 EF Futura · 30-11-2006, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by EA2BA

assembly tool - isnt is just the cardboard ring around the burger these days.

Dont even get that any more. Big mac comes in a box!!!! Or i should say, you get 2 pieces of bread, 2 patties and some other stuff... which may or may not resemble a burger by the time you get it home.

Sourbastard · 30-11-2006, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by EA2BA

assembly tool - isnt is just the cardboard ring around the burger these days.

no the assembly tool is the moron in the back of the McDonalds who just stuffed up his 1800th consecutive order and just passed the burger to the serving tool who hands it through the window to you and gets your change wrong.

the right tool, for the right job.

**Polyal** · 30-11-2006, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by sourbastard

no the assembly tool is the moron in the back of the McDonalds who just stuffed up his 1800th consecutive order and just passed the burger to the serving tool who hands it through the window to you and gets your change wrong.

the right tool, for the right job.

Your not wrong.

There is a Maccas around the corner that has stuffed up every order we have had. But for whatever reason we still go
:togo:

Ford_Boy · 30-11-2006, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Polyal

Your not wrong.

There is a Maccas around the corner that has stuffed up every order we have had. But for whatever reason we still go
:togo:

they bake nicotene into the buns lol. i used to work at hungry jacks and the stuff that goes on is unbelieveable. i heard of a guy pleasuring himself in the toilets then he went back to work? and one night they stayed open with no running water for 6 hours. the stuff that goes on behind the scenes makes you wonder whether you should eat there.

HLC · 30-11-2006, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Polyal

Your not wrong.

There is a Maccas around the corner that has stuffed up every order we have had. But for whatever reason we still go
:togo:

What do you order though?

a medium big mac meal?

or:

3 large cheeseburger meals, one of the burgers has no pickle, large onions instead of small ones and extra cheese, the other is meat and cheese only, and the other is normal, for the drinks, we'll have one diet coke no ice, on mix of half coke/half fanta and a chocolate thickshake. and a filet-o-fish without sauce, add lettuce, beetroot and a slice of tomato.

oh, and a triple cheeseburger.

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Walkinshaw · 30-11-2006, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by HLC

What do you order though?

a medium big mac meal?

or:

3 large cheeseburger meals, one of the burgers has no pickle, large onions instead of small ones and extra cheese, the other is meat and cheese only, and the other is normal, for the drinks, we'll have one diet coke no ice, on mix of half coke/half fanta and a chocolate thickshake. and a filet-o-fish without sauce, add lettuce, beetroot and a slice of tomato.

oh, and a triple cheeseburger.

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If you're unable to take the above order there is something seriously wrong

HLC · 30-11-2006, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by sourbastard

no the assembly tool is the moron in the back of the McDonalds who just stuffed up his 1800th consecutive order and just passed the burger to the serving tool who hands it through the window to you and gets your change wrong.

the right tool, for the right job.

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it's also a means of employment so people can earn some money on the side to pay for things they like/want to do. like say, drive a ford.

Sourbastard · 30-11-2006, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by HLC

_ :the_finge

it's also a means of employment so people can earn some money on the side to pay for things they like/want to do. like say, drive a ford.

Ill have a big macs worth of au falcon please

HLC · 01-12-2006, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by sourbastard

Ill have a big macs worth of au falcon please

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Hawk · 30-11-2006, 04:01 PM

I am sure that website thing Maccas have created...makingupyourmindforyou.com...will have something about the creation of their burgers. Not that I care about actually visiting the site, I don't eat at Maccas anymore because it makes me sick.

Ford_Boy · 30-11-2006, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Hawk

I am sure that website thing Maccas have created...makingupyourmindforyou.com...will have something about the creation of their burgers. Not that I care about actually visiting the site, I don't eat at Maccas anymore because it makes me sick.

yeh my mates got maccas the other day and i decided to get a pizza from a little arabic food stand. later that night the guys were vomiting and i was fine. you just dont really know what they are doing at the back. but also someone could say my pizza could have been made to make me sick aswell.

S3SR · 30-11-2006, 07:34 PM

macca's pfffft - hungry jacks has more meat, bigger burgers, free refills

[Tonko] · 30-11-2006, 08:30 PM

meh, i dont care, there are more important thing in life, i will never stop having my 2 big macs, coke and fries a coupla times a week....

01-12-2006, 11:54 PM

I'm ex Maccas employee and am proud of having worked there.

And I love the pickles. Used to have my quarter pounders with about 10 pickles on them...

**Captain Stubing** · 02-12-2006, 12:15 AM

I'm just glad that I decided not to have McDonalds, until they decide to sell some kind of food! I'm still waiting....