ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,388, issued on June 2, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Rotary roaster heated by induction heating method" was invented by Hyeunsik Nam (Seoul, South Korea), Dooyong Oh (Seoul, South Korea), Hyunwook Moon (Seoul, South Korea) and Yangkyeong Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a rotary roaster capable of uniformly heating the entire surface of a grill by means of an induction heating method. According to one embodiment, a rotary roaster operating on an induction heating device comprises a supporter, a grill rotatably coupled to the supporter, a motor configu...