ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,337, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Over the range microwave oven with improved hood ventilation" was invented by Mark Heimerdinger (Louisville, Ky.) and Bagawathkumar Chellappan (Prospect, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An over the range (OTR) microwave appliance having a cabinet with improved ventilation includes ventilation ducts at the sides of the cabinet. The side ducts include drop down ducts that extend toward the range and each side duct may include a partition to facilitate optimized flow within the duct. Each side duct comprises an exhaust path from the open bo...