ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,248, issued on May 12, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Cooking apparatus" was invented by Gyeongjin Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Eonjoong Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooking apparatus includes a cooking chamber, a heating source disposed below the cooking chamber to produce high-frequency waves, a main plate forming at least a portion of the cooking chamber and including a front side which is opened, a front plate coupled to the front side of the main plate and including a base having an opening connected to the cooking chamber, and a front coupling flange. The ...