ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,042, issued on May 19, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Cooking apparatus" was invented by Changhyun Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Chulwoo Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Seunghee Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a cooking apparatus having an improved drainage structure. The cooking apparatus includes a main body having a cooking chamber with an opening provided to be opened forward, and a door coupled to the main body so as to open and close the cooking chamber. The door includes a door frame, a cover glass arranged on a front surface of the door fra...