ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,410, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Shenzhen ElinkThings Co. Ltd (Shenzhen, China).

"Roasting probe" was invented by Zhen Li (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A roasting probe includes a probe head tube, a circuit board, a NTC thermistor, an antenna and a holding tube. The probe head tube includes a connection tube and a probe pin tube. The probe pin tube includes a shrunk portion, a transition portion and a cone-shaped portion that are consequently connected. The shrunk portion is connected to connection tube. The circuit board is provided with a limit part and is limited and provided in connection tube. An end o...