ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,924, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to BSH Hausgerate GmbH (Munich).

"Domestic PEF cooking device" was invented by Uwe Has (Unterneukirchen, Germany), Barbara Heikel (Traunstein, Germany), Arnulf Himmel (Traunreut, Germany), Bernhard Koch (Inzell, Germany), Manfred Steinbacher (Inzell, Germany) and Edith Wrehde (NuBdorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A household PEF cooking device includes a cooking product container which can be filled with liquid and includes PEF electrodes which lie opposite one another and between which a cooking product can be introduced. A PEF signal generator applies PEF signals to the PEF electrodes...