ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,823, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to BREVILLE PTY Ltd. (Alexandria, Australia).

"Cooking appliance" was invented by Michael Thorogood (Alexandria, Australia), Emma Larkin (Alexandria, Australia), Marian Silviu Rosian (Alexandria, Australia) and Byron Ashley Marsh-Croft (Alexandria, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooking appliance (400) including: a body (402) providing a floor (404), a ceiling (406) and an intermediate wall (408) located between the floor (404) and ceiling (406), the floor (404), ceiling (406), and wall (408) at least partly surrounding a cooking cavity (410), the body (402) having an opening (412) via w...