ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,552, issued on April 8, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Gas cooktop with griddle assembly including removable temperature probe" was invented by Paul Bryan Cadima (Crestwood, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas cooktop includes a gas burner for selectively generating a flow of heated air, a griddle defining a probe receptacle, a griddle magnet positioned within the probe receptacle, and a temperature sensor configured for receipt within the probe receptacle. The temperature sensor includes a sensor housing, a temperature probe positioned within the sensor housing and being movable between a...