ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,659, issued on July 14, was assigned to ELECTROLUX APPLIANCES AKTIEBOLAG (Stockholm).

"Induction hob with boiling detection and induction energy control, method for heating food with an induction hob and computer program product" was invented by Alex Viroli (Forli, Italy), Laurent Jeanneteau (Forli, Italy), Massimo Nostro (Forli, Italy) and Svend-Erik Christiansen (Forli, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An induction cooking hob and a method for heating food as well as a computer program product are disclosed. Based on information of a micro-electromechanical system (1500) in combination with a temperature sensor associated to a ...