US Patent Issued to WHIRLPOOL on Oct. 20 for "Crisp plate for microwave ovens" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,714, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to WHIRLPOOL Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Crisp plate for microwave ovens" was invented by Muhammad Khizar (St. Joseph, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plate for a microwave oven includes a substrate layer for supporting food items to be heated in the microwave oven, with the substrate layer having a first surface. The plate also includes a coating layer on the first surface. The coating layer includes at least one of a ferritic material and a boron nitride compound. The coating layer is configured to be heated by electromagnetic radiation irradiated by the microwave oven."

The patent wa...