Ikinari Steak’s “Steak-Serving System” Wins Back Patent
19 November 2018 - 10:55PM
The Tokyo-based restaurant group, Pepper Food Service Co., Ltd has
opened 345 locations of Ikinari Steak in Japan since the brand was
founded in December 2013. On November 30th of this year, the
company will open its first outpost in Akita prefecture, giving
them a presence in all 47 prefectures in Japan.
The company takes pride in Ikinari Steak’s
signature “Steak-Serving System” which they
invented and filed for a patent application on June 4th on 2014;
obtaining the patent on June 10th, 2016 in Japan (Japanese Patent
No. 5946491)
Below is the system that Ikinari Steak has
patented (Numbers 5 and 6 was added later due to a request for
correction)1. Ikinari Steak’s Steak-Serving System includes; how
Ikinari Steak navigates the guests to their table, how they have
customers order by weight, how they cut the desired amount from the
block of meat, how they cook the steak, how they bring the cooked
steak to the guest, which involves;2. The usage of “cards” that
indicate the table numbers3. The usage of “measuring machines” that
weigh the meat.4. An “indication” that shows to which guest each
cut of meat belongs to. and5. How the above “measuring machine”
prints out a “sticker” that has the weight of the meat and the
number of the “card” written on it.6. The above “indication” is a
“sticker” with the weight of the meat and the number of the “card”
printed on it.However on November 24th, 2016, an objection to this
patent was filed, and on November 28th of 2017, the Japan Patent
Office revoked the patent. In response, Ikinari Steak took action
against the Japan Patent Office to rescind the revocation of the
patent at the Intellectual Property High Court in Japan.On October
17th of 2018, at the Intellectual Property High Court number 821,
the Chief Justice officially ordered the rescission of the
revocation of the patent. Japan Patent Office did not make an
appeal for revision during the given period, therefore
Ikinari Steak won this case.This court decision is
extremely important as to the relevance of Ikinari Steak’s
invention, and we anticipate that this decision will be shared in
various law reports. Ikinari Steak believes that they were able to
win this case due to the company’s team effort, including the
founder’s unique thoughts and deep understanding of new inventions,
their patent attorney who was able to put the invention into words
on the specification for the patent, and the attorney who
understood the inventions correctly and appealed to the court.With
this court decision, Ikinari Steak’s Steak-Serving System, a case
where a patent reflected Japanese efficiency, will be paid more
attention, and will be regarded as a truly unique and unrivalled
system which has now been officially approved by the Japanese
court. Ikinari Steak will continue to grow by making legendary
strides along the way.
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