ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,097, issued on March 17, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai City, Japan).
"Heating cooker" was invented by Hiromi Suenaga (Sakai City, Japan), Nobuo Takemoto (Sakai City, Japan) and Kenji Kimura (Sakai City, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heating cooker includes: a plate having a transparent portion; a display unit including a display; and a position defining portion that is fixed to the plate and configured to define a position of the display unit by positioning the display with respect to the transparent portion."
The patent was filed on Dec. 27, 2024, under Application No. 19/003,179.
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