The New York Times has a fascinating piece on the geometries of various types of pastas from a recently released book called “Pasta by Design,” by architect George L. Legendre.

A sample of Agnolotti is reproduced below:

IP Protection for Pasta

There are a vast number of patents which protect apparatus for making pasta, various improvements to dehydrated food compositions etc.   The geometry/shape of pasta may be protected via a design registration.

In Australia, it is possible to protect the geometry/shape of pasta though a design registration (provided that the shape is new and distinctive).

Kraft Foods have filed a number of design registrations, as has Australia’s own Ken Done:

Kraft Xmas Tree Pasta

Kraft Candy Cane Pasta

Ken Done Pasta