ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,389, issued on June 2, was assigned to North Atlantic Imports LLC (Providence, Utah).

"Cooking station and griddle with understructure and method thereof" was invented by Gary E. Graham (Hyde Park, Utah), Jared M. Smith (Paradise, Utah), Adam S. Dexter (Wellsville, Utah), James C. Bush III (Providence, Utah) and Scott W. M. Stevenson (Smithfield, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, device and method including a griddle. The griddle extends to define a flat cooking surface and an oppositely facing underside surface. The underside surface extends to define a front end, a rear end, a first end, and a second end, the front end e...