ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,787,127, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLP (Irvine, Calif.).

"Induction cooktops and induction cooktop systems" was invented by Fong Shyr Yang (Irvine, Calif.) and Abishek Anchan (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An induction cooktop is provided. The induction cooktop may include a cooktop surface, an induction coil coupled to the cooktop surface, a control module coupled to the induction coil, and at least one magnet configured to fix a ferromagnetic cookware item to the cooktop surface. Alternatively, the induction cooktop may include a cooktop surface, a coil coupled to the cooktop surface, and a con...