ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,969, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to MIELE & CIE. KG (Guetersloh, Germany).

"Method for cooling the vapor or steam escaping from the cooking chamber of a cooking device, and cooking device" was invented by Anna Guenter (Lippstadt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for cooling vapor or steam escaping from a cooking chamber of a cooking device equipped with a cooking chamber, a door for closing a front-side loading opening of the cooking chamber, a cooling device for replacing some of the vapor or steam in the cooking chamber with cold air, and a control device for actuating the cooling device as a function of a control ...