ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,700, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to TAMURAKOKI Co. LTD. (Tochigi, Japan).

"Cooking device with enhanced thermal conductivity" was invented by Tomohiro Tokoro (Tochigi, Japan), Jin Sugiyama (Tochigi, Japan), Sakurako Ishida (Tochigi, Japan), Miwa Tokoro (Tochigi, Japan) and Keiko Kobana (Tochigi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a cooking device such as a pot, and an object thereof is to provide a cooking device that is lightweight and has high strength and capable of boiling hot water in a short time by providing a cooking device that efficiently transfers heat from a heat source to an object ...