ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,634, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Broan-NuTone LLC (Hartford, Wis.).

"Range hood installation system" was invented by Benoit Gauthier (St-Cyrille, Canada), Richard R. Sinur (West Bend, Wis.), Brian R. Wellnitz (Grafton, Wis.), Jonathan Houde (Drummondville, Canada), Remi Cossette (Drummondville, Canada), Yannick Morin (Quebec, Canada), Mark Kurth (La Porte, Ind.), Peter Muller (Chicago), Timothy Payne (Chicago), David Wylen (Chicago), Phil Anthony (Chicago), Aaron Eiger (Chicago) and Scott Rote (Mokena, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mounting bracket mountable to the underside of the cabinet prior to the range hood and c...