US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on Feb. 17 for "Thermoelectric food preparation zone control" (South Korean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,042, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Thermoelectric food preparation zone control" was invented by Kyung Jang (Anderson, S.C.), Raveendran Vaidhyanathan (Rockaway, N.J.), Sungho Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kyounghoon Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Insub Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes first and second platforms, a stem, and a fluid transfer path. The first platform includes a first serving surface and one or more first thermoelectric modules with one or more supply sides facing the first serving surface. The second platform in...