ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,865, issued on May 20.

"Plasma stove" was invented by Bao-Quan Yu (Fuzhou, China), Nan-Qiao Yao (Shenzhen, China) and Chung Wai (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plasma stove includes a carrier, an electric fire assembly, an electric control device, and an electrical connecting assembly. The carrier includes a housing and a support platform on a top surface of the housing. The electric fire assembly includes a plasma needle, an electrode tip connected to the plasma needle, and an ignition head. The plasma needle and the ignition head are arranged on the housing and in the support platform. The electric control device ...