ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,253, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC (Needham, Mass.).

"Cooking device and components thereof" was invented by Christopher T. Martin (North Attleboro, Mass.), Thomas Guerin (Boston), Roger Neil Jackson (Cornwall, Great Britain), Joshua D. Anthony (North Billerica, Mass.), Kerry Schwarz (Needham, Mass.) and Michaela Dubeau (Uxbridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooking system includes a housing having at least one internal compartment and a cooking container receivable within said at least one internal compartment. A cooking volume is defined within an interior of said cooking container. A bottom...