ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,418, issued on June 10, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Oven appliances and methods of automatic reverse sear cooking" was invented by Sabrina Marie Hannah (Louisville, Ky.), Amelia Lear Hensley (Louisville, Ky.), Katie Hawboldt Lacy (Prospect, Ky.) and Gina Lucas (Prospect, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oven appliance may include a cabinet, a plurality of chamber walls, a heating element, and a controller. The plurality of chamber walls may be mounted within the cabinet. The plurality of chamber walls may define a cooking chamber. The heating element may be mounted within the cooking ch...