ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,226, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Over the range microwave oven with improved hood ventilation" was invented by Bagawathkumar Chellappan (Prospect, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An over the range microwave appliance includes a cabinet defining a cooking chamber, the cabinet comprising a sidewall that defines a fan inlet. A duct assembly is removably attached to the cabinet and includes a fixed outer duct that is mounted to the sidewall and an extendable duct positioned within the fixed outer duct and being movable between an extended position and a retracted position, ...