ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,224, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Door and method of connecting components of a door for a cooking appliance" was invented by Rohan Gajananrao Gore (Stevensville, Mich.), Sarang Hemant Lokaksha (Pune, India) and Yogesh Vasant Sonone (Buldana, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door assembly for a cooking appliance includes an inner door assembly disposed adjacent a cooking cavity of the cooking appliance when the door assembly is in a closed position. An outer door assembly is coupled with the inner door assembly. The outer door assembly includes a panel. A skin bonds with the panel ...