ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,789, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Sous vide assembly for use in a microwave oven" was invented by Mark Heimerdinger (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sous vide assembly for use in a microwave oven includes an outer tank and an inner tank positioned inside the outer tank to define a heating gap therebetween. The inner tank and the outer tank are filled with water and are in fluid communication with each other through one or more apertures. One or more vertical dividers are positioned within the inner tank and extend along the vertical direction to define a pl...