ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,365, issued on April 21, was assigned to Miele & Cie. KG (Guetersloh, Germany).

"Cooking device muffle for a cooking device and cooking device having a cooking device muffle" was invented by Hans-Gerd Holtdirk (Lippstadt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooking device muffle for a cooking device includes: a cooking chamber having a cooking chamber opening tightly closable by a door of the cooking device, and at least one cooking chamber wall for delimiting the cooking chamber. The cooking device muffle is suitable for explosion testing. A pressure compensation opening is arranged in one cooking chamber wall of the at least ...