ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,506, issued on April 14, was assigned to BSH Hausgerate GmbH (Munich).

"Door and domestic cooking device" was invented by Maximilian Bernauer (Kienberg, Germany), Frederic Dubois (Trostberg, Germany), Maximilian Huber (Dorfen, Germany), David Marechal (Grabenstatt, Germany) and Christine Thaller (Waging, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door for a household cooking appliance includes an outer pane, a first door support connected to the outer pane, a second door support connected to the outer pane, and a shielding facility having at least one portion configured to shield the outer pane and at least one of the first and second...