ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,263, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Cooking appliance" was invented by Sangjin Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Myoungkeun Kwon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sangjin Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Changhoon Oh (Suwon-si, South Korea), Qasim Khan (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Eungryeol Seo (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a cooking appliance capable of having improved aesthetics by reducing a size of an air outlet provided in a front side of a cabinet. The cooking appliance comprises a cabinet, a cooking chamber located inside the cabinet and com...