ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,450, issued on July 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 (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas cooktop defining includes a gas burner for selectively generating a flow of heated air, a grate positioned over the gas burner, and a griddle assembly seated on the grate over the gas burner, the griddle assembly comprising a griddle defining an outer side and a probe receptacle defined in the outer side, a temperature probe configured for receipt within the probe receptacle, and one ...