Motif Files New Challenge to Impossible Plant-Based Meat Patents

A court battle over plant-based meat heated up on another front Wednesday, as Motif FoodWorks Inc. filed administrative challenges to patents owned by Impossible Foods Inc.

The Impossible Burger maker sued Motif in March in Delaware, and, over the course of that litigation, has alleged that Motif infringed seven of its patents relating to a protein crucial to the taste and smell of Impossible products.

Motif initially challenged the validity of one of these patents, No. 10,863,761, at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. The board declined to institute a review in October but Motif said in a statement ...