ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,798, issued on April 22, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Vent cover for an oven appliance having a trough for condensation collection" was invented by Tyler Fitt (Louisville, Ky.) and Justin Patrick Todd (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oven appliance having a cabinet with a chamber positioned within the cabinet. The chamber is configured for receipt of a food item for cooking. The oven appliance also includes a door for providing selective access to the chamber and a plurality of walls including a top wall, a bottom wall, a back wall, a front wall, and opposing sidewalls defini...