ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,239, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to SEB S.A. (Ecully, France).

"Household appliance for culinary preparation comprising a control panel" was invented by Lionel Averty (Dardilly, France) and Yoann Morin (Martigne-sur-Mayenne, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A household appliance for culinary preparation includes a base intended to rest on a worktop and a head mounted movable relative to the base, the base forming a stand, the base having a control panel tilted backward relative to the stand, with a backward inclination of between 5deg and 45deg relative to the direction perpendicular to the work surface. The base has a prima...