ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,990, issued on June 16, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Cooking equipment" was invented by Changhyun Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Yesil Seo (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooking equipment including a main body, and a controller mounted to the front of the main body. The controller includes a case, a bracket panel inside the case and accommodating a circuit board, and a guide panel detachably coupled, inside the case, to the bracket panel and the front surface of the main body. The guide panel includes a guide rib to guide a tool to enter the case to couple the guide ...