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Motive Foodworks has petitioned the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to revoke a patent awarded to Impossible Foods covering soy leghemoglobin, an ingredient used in vegetable-based meat substitute products. Motive Foodworks claims that the patent was awarded improperly based on the fact that the process to develop the additive was in the public domain. Motive uses a proprietary ingredient derived from fermented yeast that has properties similar to bovine myoglobin to impart beef-like flavor and taste to their alternative - meat products.
 Impossible Foods rejects the contentions advanced by Motive and will respond to the petition within the three month statutory period. A spokesperson for Motive stated, “Our industry should work together to grow the plant-based category for the greater good. Competition is healthy and it should play out in the marketplace, not the courts.”
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