ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,538, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Harmonious International Ltd. (Tsuen Wan, China).

"Oven rotisserie" was invented by Alex Le-Tien Fei (Los Angeles), Shu Hsing Wen (Hong Kong) and Le Chun Fei (Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for cooking food on a rotisserie in a conventional oven includes setting an oven thermostat to a desired cooking temperature. As spring on a mechanical drive motor is wound and a spit is placed through meat. The spit is then placed on a support to hold the meat in a substantially horizontal position, and the spit is coupled to a mechanical drive motor. The oven rotisserie and me...