ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,866, issued on April 14, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).
"Anti dripping coatings for hoods" was invented by Francesca Corsini (Origgio, Italy), Margherita Basso (Scorze, Italy), Fabio F. Ribas (Stevensville, Mich.), Cesare Guidi (Arona, Italy) and Chiara Izzo (Travedona Monate, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A kitchen exhaust appliance includes a body having a plurality of external surface panels and defining an exhaust vent therethrough, and an anti-dripping coating applied to at least one of the external surface panels. The anti-dripping coating is formulated from a solvent and a precursor. Upon appli...