Procter & Gamble $($P&G$)$ was issued patent number $4,455,333$ on June $19,1984,$ for an invention titled $$Doughs and Cookies Providing Storage$-$Stable Texture Variety.$$ The patent covers a method of manufacturing ready$-$to$-$serve cookies that remain crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside for an extended shelf life. P&G markets these cookies under the Duncan Hines label.

P&G brought a patent infringement action against Nabisco Brands, Inc., which markets its own lines of dual$-$textured cookies called $$Almost Home$$ and $$Chewy Chips Ahoy.$$ P&G also sued Keebler Company for its dual$-$textured cookie called $$Soft Batch$$ and Frito$-$Lay, Inc., for its $$Grandma$$s Rich and Chewy.$$ Each of the defendants denies infringement. They have moved for dismissal of the case on grounds that the patent is invalid because baking cookies is not patentable. Do you agree? Would you protect P&G$$s process?