ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,353, issued on July 28, was assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC (Needham, Mass.).
"Countertop cooking system" was invented by Ethan S. Kramer (Allston, Mass.), Abhilash Shah (Bedford, N.H.), Ethan T. Brown (Cambridge, Mass.), Joshua D. Anthony (Billerica, Mass.) and Linden Zlotea (Jamaica Plain, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooking system positionable on a support surface includes a housing having a hollow chamber including an internal cooking chamber for receiving a food item, at least one radiative heating element arranged within the hollow interior and operable to heat said cooking chamber and a convection heater dispos...