US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on Sept. 15 for "Cooking apparatus" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,739,949, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Cooking apparatus" was invented by Sangjin Jeong (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Sangwon Yun (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooking apparatus includes a main body forming a cooking chamber and including a control panel, a door configured to open and close the cooking chamber, an opening and closing device configured to lock and unlock the door in response to the door closing the cooking chamber, and a button rotatably and movably coupled with the control panel to be rotated to a first position and a second position di...