Protect your recipe, food composition, cooking method. A food patent is a type of utility patent that covers edible products and foodrelated processes and compositions.Discover the secrets of recipe patenting with Minesoft. Uncover everything you need to know about how you can start protecting your culinary creations. An ovenable cooking or heating apparatus may be suitable for use with conventional, convection, combination, or microwave ovens as well as steamers. ❖ Can use device and method claims to cover software inventions. ❖ Can also use specialized claim formats to provide an additional scope of protection. 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. Fill out a utility patent application. You will use a Patent Class 426 application, which is for food or edible material which is intended to be consumed.