US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on Oct. 6 for "Microwavable dish" (American, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,572, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Microwavable dish" was invented by Muhammad Khizar (Saint Joseph, Mich.), Mark E. Ecklund (Conroe, Texas), Chris A. Lundberg (Kingwood, Texas) and Ermanno Buzzi (Varese, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microwavable dish having a body with a microwave-absorbing coating. A bottom of the microwavable dish or the microwave-absorbing coating defines or includes a dome portion. The microwave-absorbing coating can be coupled to or formed with the bottom of the microwavable dish. The microwave-absorbing coating provides heat to the body by transforming micr...