ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,064, issued on May 20, was assigned to CJ CHEILJEDANG Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Cooking pouch" was invented by Byung Kook Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Kyoung Sik Cho (Seoul, South Korea), Seung Min Jeong (Seoul, South Korea), Sang Bong Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Grace Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a cooking pouch, and more particularly, to a cooking pouch that has a reduced manufacturing unit price and is used to heat food by placing food inside the cooking pouch and putting the cooking pouch inside a microwave, and the cooking pouch enabling steam generated in a cooki...