ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,515, issued on June 3, was assigned to BJB GmbH & Co. KG (Arnsberg, Germany).
"Cooking apparatus light" was invented by Philipp Henrici (Arnsberg, Germany), Olaf Baumeister (Sundern, Germany) and Frank Welslau (Arnsberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A food processing appliance (1) has a muffle interior (M) surrounded by a muffle (2; 32) and a light generating device (3) arranged outside the muffle (2; 32) for radiating light (L) into the muffle interior (M) through a Opening (16; 33) in the muffle (2; 32), wherein in the muffle interior (M) a light distribution element (18; 58) for distributing light (L) that can be radiated...