ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,839, issued on May 12, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Cooking appliance including multiple heating zones and methods for operating the same" was invented by Eric Scott Johnson (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating a cooking appliance including multiple cooking zones is provided. The method includes receiving a first temperature for a first zone and a second temperature for a second zone, determining a first heating pattern based on the first and second temperatures and the first and second zones, determining a second heating pattern based on one of the first or se...