ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,525, issued on June 3.

"Stove panel protector" was invented by Benjamin Douglas Karlovich (Saint Johns, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a stove panel protector. The stove panel protector may comprise a profile that matches the control panel of the stove, cutouts to match the location of control knobs on the control panel, and one or more securing mechanisms to removably secure the control panel protector to the control panel of the stove. A method for attaching the stove protector to a stove may comprise removing control knobs from the stove, removably securing the stove panel protector to the contr...