ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,232, issued on May 5, was assigned to Sensio Inc. (New York).

"Cooking apparatuses" was invented by Jorge B. Garcia (Rogers, Ark.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooking apparatus includes a housing defining an internal chamber. The internal chamber includes a cooking portion. The apparatus includes a single cooking container configured and adapted to be removably received in the cooking portion of the internal chamber. The single cooking container defines a cooking volume. The apparatus includes at least two heating elements positioned within the cooking portion of the internal chamber."

The patent was filed on March 15, 2024, under...