ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,372, issued on April 14, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electric range adjusting heat power based on properties of heating target" was invented by Howon Son (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an electric range controlling heat power based on properties of a heating target. The electric range may adjust the heat power based on the properties of the heating target, when a user makes a gesture of moving the heating target in a specific direction. A unit decrease amount value of the heat power sequentially decreasing may be set based on the information related to the heating targe...