No, it is generally not possible for someone to patent the process of making bread. The main reasons are: 1.Yes, you can patent a food preservation method. A food preservation method is a process for preserving food and patentable as a utility patent. A design patent can offer protection for the visual components of a culinary creation. This could include the food item itself or the packaging it comes in. A food patent is a type of utility patent that covers edible products and foodrelated processes and compositions. The answer is yes, they can. But like anything else that comes out of our heads, it also depends. The key to securing a utility patent for food and foodrelated innovations is that your proposed process, method, or recipe must be novel and nonobvious.