ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,864, issued on May 20, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Oven appliance including a high temperature cooking zone" was invented by Hans Juergen Paller (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooking accessory receivable within a cooking chamber of an oven appliance includes a base plate to receive a food item thereon, and an enclosing lid disposed over the base plate. The enclosing lid defines a main inlet and an access opening, the main inlet being defined along the vertical direction and the access opening being defined along the transverse direction. The base plate and the enclosing l...