ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,471, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies LLC (Kansas City, Mo.).
"Butanedione sensor for microwave control" was invented by Michael Richard Herzberg (Kansas City, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microwave oven for warming food, the microwave oven including an enclosure, a microwave generator, a chemical sensor, and a controller. The enclosure forms a heating chamber in which the food is warmed. The microwave generator is configured to propagate microwaves into the heating chamber to warm the food. The chemical sensor is in fluid communication with the heating chamber and configured to ...