ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,447, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to AccuTemp Products Inc. (Fort Wayne, Ind.).

"Counterbalance for upper griddle platen" was invented by Raymond R. Rudy (Huntington, Ind.), Gary L. Seitz (Decatur, Ind.), Craig A. Seitz (Decatur, Ind.), Dale W. Taylor (Hamilton, Ind.) and Cole Bruick (Fort Wayne, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A griddle system including an adjustable counterbalance for an upper platen assembly is disclosed."

The patent was filed on March 16, 2022, under Application No. 17/696,759.

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