ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,164, issued on June 23, was assigned to ELECTROLUX APPLIANCES AKTIEBOLAG (Stockholm).

"Cooking oven" was invented by Lorenzo Gattei (Forli, Italy), Massimo Banzato (Forli, Italy), Marco Carnevali (Forli, Italy), Caterina Utili (Forli, Italy), Claudia Robbe (Pordenone, Italy) and Fabio Picardi (Pordenone, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Cooking oven (100) comprising a) at least one cooking cavity (102) and b) at least one steam generation system (40) for introducing steam into the cooking cavity (102) during a steam operating mode, in particular steam cooking mode or steam cleaning mode, c) wherein the steam generation system (...