ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,361, issued on July 28, was assigned to B/E AREOSPACE INC. (Winston Salem, N.C.).

"Integrated cavity plate seal" was invented by Frederick Adrian Stephan Panjer (Maarsbergen, Netherlands), Frank Hoogland (Leusden, Netherlands), Roy Dekkers (ER Haarlem, Netherlands) and Johannes Joseph Pronk (CS Venhuizen, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seal for a cavity plate in a microwave oven is described herein. The seal includes a seal body having an outward sealing surface defined around a seal perimeter. The outward sealing surface is configured to seal against inward facing walls of a microwave oven. The seal body also includes ...