ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,360, issued on April 21, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Flame rectification circuit system for a gas cooktop" was invented by Paul Bryan Cadima (Crestwood, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooktop defining comprises an open loop gas burner, a closed loop gas burner, a flame rectification circuit for detecting a flame at the closed loop gas burner, a spark module comprising a plurality of spark electrodes, at least one of the plurality of spark electrodes being operably coupled to each of the open loop gas burner and the closed loop gas burner, and a controller in operative communication wi...