ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,441, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to CUCHEN Co. LTD (Seoul, South Korea).

"Cooking device" was invented by Kyu Hyun Yeom (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooking device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a top plate covering an inner pot; and a steam discharge structure including a post including a steam discharge passage connected to interior of the inner pot, a moving member disposed on the post to surround at least a portion of a side surface of the post, and configured to move in a first direction which is perpendicular to a direction in which a top surface of...