US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on Oct. 21 for "Cooktop oven gasket location and fasteners" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,137, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Cooktop oven gasket location and fasteners" was invented by Mariana Miranda (Louisville, Ky.), Daniel Ian Moore (Louisville, Ky.), Lydia Stempky (Louisville, Ky.) and Monica Martinez Mendez (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oven appliance includes a cabinet defining a cooking chamber to receive items to be cooked, a cooktop situated above the cooking chamber, and a door. A user interface panel is situated above the door and in front of the cooktop. A gasket occupies the space between the user interface panel and the cooktop...