ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,591, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to FOSHAN SHUNDE MIDEA ELECTRICAL HEATING APPLIANCES MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Foshan, China).

"Cooking apparatus and control method, control device, and storage medium thereof" was invented by Maoqiao Tian (Foshan, China), Yongdong Ai (Foshan, China), Xiang Wu (Foshan, China), Longjian Xuan (Foshan, China), Jie Li (Foshan, China), Wei Chen (Foshan, China), Xiaohui Li (Foshan, China), Biao Wang (Foshan, China), Sheng Zhou (Foshan, China), Xianxin Meng (Foshan, China), Yanxia Zeng (Foshan, China), Fuxing Yang (Foshan, China), Wenqi Tian (Foshan, China) and Weijie Lu (Foshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Tradema...