ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,098, issued on March 17, was assigned to Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag (Stockholm).

"Combination appliance comprising a cooking hob and an extraction device" was invented by Alwin Neukamm (Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany), Juergen Leikam (Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany) and Simone Probst (Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is related to a combination appliance (10) comprising a cooking hob (12), which comprises a cover plate or work top (18) and an extraction device (14). The extraction device (14) comprises-a suction opening (24, 32) arranged above the cooking hob (12), -a...