ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,297, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Electrolux Consumer Products Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Steam cooking system" was invented by Steven Swayne (Nashville, Tenn.), Cathy L. May (Springfield, Tenn.), Marco Carnevali (Forli, Italy), Massimo Banzato (Forli, Italy), Paolo Faraldi (Forli, Italy), Brendan McGinnis (Russellville, Ky.) and Andrew Worley (Springfield, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Improved steam ovens and methods for operating steam ovens include selectively operating a gas heating element below a water reservoir at the bottom of a cooking cavity with water present therein, a convection heating element in the cooking c...