US Patent Issued to Elica on Aug. 11 for "Apparatus for cooking food" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,266, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Elica S.p.A. (Fabriano An, Italy).

"Apparatus for cooking food" was invented by Diego Bariviera (Fabriano AN, Italy), Lorenzo Borgiani (Fabriano AN, Italy) and Fabrizio Crisa (Fabriano AN, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for cooking food comprising: an oven having a cavity and a door associated to a front surface of the cavity and configured to selectively provide access to the inside of the cavity; a hob defining an upper surface of the cooking apparatus comprising at least one heating element; at least one inlet opening provided in said uppe...