ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,718, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC (Needham, Mass.).

"Countertop cooking system" was invented by Ethan T. Brown (Cambridge, Mass.), Joshua D. Anthony (North Billerica, Mass.), Nathaniel R. Lavins (Cambridge, Mass.), Christopher T. Martin (North Attleboro, Mass.), John M. Steinmetz (Philadelphia) and David Hensel (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooking system positionable on a support surface including a housing including at least a top wall, bottom wall, and side walls, said housing defining a hollow chamber including a cooking chamber and a convecting chamber. A convection heater is disposed wi...