ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,360, issued on July 28, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Cooking apparatus" was invented by Jiho Jeong (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Minjae Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a cooking apparatus. The cooking apparatus includes a housing, a cooking chamber formed in the housing, a heater arranged on one side of the cooking chamber, a door coupled to the housing to open and close the cooking chamber, the door including a door body provided to form an exterior of the door, a handle recessed from an outer surface of the door body, and a cooling plate positione...