Cog-based burgers tsim los ntawm Impossible Foods Inc. tau pom ntawm 2nd China International Import Expo (CIIE) ntawm National Exhibition thiab Convention Center thaum Lub Kaum Ib Hlis 6, 2019 hauv Shanghai, Suav.
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Kev cog qoob loo raws li cov khoom noj tsis tuaj yeem tuaj yeem muaj kev pheej hmoo ntawm kev poob daim ntawv pov thawj tseem ceeb uas yog ib feem ntawm kev tsis sib haum xeeb tsis tu ncua nrog cov neeg sib tw Motif FoodWorks.
Motif nug US Patent thiab Trademark Office kom tshem tawm patent tuav los ntawm Impossible tiv thaiv lub tuam txhab heme thev naus laus zis. Ua tsis tau foob Motif thaum Lub Peb Hlis, thov hais tias qhov pib ntawm heme-raws li nqaij nyug lwm txoj kev zoo ib yam li nws tus kheej version.
Impossible's nqaij nyug thiab nqaij npuas hloov pauv siv cov kua txiv hmab txiv ntoo leghemoglobin, uas yog tsim los ntawm cov noob caj noob ces hloov cov poov xab, ua raws li cov saj thiab aroma ntawm cov nqaij tiag.
Ob lub tuam txhab yog tus tswv ntiag tug, txawm hais tias Impossible yog qhov loj dua, nrog tus nqi ntawm $ 9.5 billion. Nrog rau kev lag luam pej xeem Cuav Nqaij, Impossible tau pab rejuvenate lub lag luam rau cov neeg tsis noj nqaij burgers. Poob nws patent ntawm heme tuaj yeem txhais tau tias txawm tias muaj kev sib tw nruj dua hauv cov nqaij lwm txoj kev lag luam.
Motif tau thov rau USPTO's Patent Trial and Appeal Board rau hnub Wednesday kom nug ib pawg kws txiav txim plaub los tshuaj xyuas Impossible's patent thiab ntsuas seb nws puas yuav tsum tau muab tshem tawm.
"Peb cia siab tias Patent Trial thiab Appeal Board yuav pom zoo nrog peb qhov kev xav tias patent yuav tsum tsis txhob raug muab tawm thiab tshem tawm," Motif tus cev lus tau hais hauv nqe lus rau CNBC. "Peb txoj kev lag luam yuav tsum ua hauj lwm ua ke kom loj hlob ntawm cov nroj tsuag raws li qhov zoo dua - kom muaj txiaj ntsig zoo rau tib neeg thiab lub ntiaj teb. Kev sib tw noj qab nyob zoo. Thiab nws yuav tsum ua si hauv khw, tsis yog lub tsev hais plaub. "
Motif tau nce $ 343.5 lab los ntawm cov tub ua lag luam suav nrog Bill Gates thiab muaj nuj nqis ntawm $ 1.23 nphom xyoo tas los, raws li Pitchbook. Nws tau tawm ntawm biotech pib Ginkgo Bioworks.
Thaum Motif launched hauv 2019, Ginkgo co-founder thiab CEO Jason Kelly hais rau CNBC tias Impossible txoj kev vam meej tau tshwm sim rau kev tsim Motif, uas txhim kho cov khoom xyaw tseem ceeb rau kev cog cov proteins thiab tawm mus rau cov tuam txhab zaub mov.
Tsis muaj peev xwm liam tias Motif's Hemami cov khoom ua txhaum cai ntawm nws daim ntawv pov thawj rau cov nqaij nyug replica siv heme, ib qho molecule pom nyob rau hauv cov nqaij nyuj burgers uas Impossible thiab Motif ob leeg siv los ua cov khoom xyaw. Motif's version siv bovine myoglobin ua nws qhov chaw heme.
Hauv nws qhov kev tsis txaus siab thawj zaug, Impossible tau hais tias nws daim ntawv pov thawj suav nrog kev tsim cov nqaij nyug hloov pauv uas siv cov leeg nqaij nrog rau cov protein uas muaj heme, tsawg kawg yog ib qho qab zib thiab ib qho sulfur compound. Nws kuj tseem tiv thaiv kev tsim cov nqaij lwm txoj hauv kev uas ua rau cov nqaij los ntawm cov ntaub so ntswg uas siv tsawg kawg yog ib tsob nroj roj thiab cov khoom noj muaj protein ntau.
Kev tsis tuaj yeem tsis teb tam sim ntawd rau kev thov tawm tswv yim los ntawm CNBC.
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/20/impossible-foods-patent-at-risk-in-legal-battle-with-motif-foodworks.html