ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,531, issued on May 27, was assigned to IB Appliances US Holdings LLC (Chicago).

"Air fryer drawer and air fryer" was invented by Yude Han (Hangzhou, China), Jianxin Chen (Hangzhou, China), Justin Lim (Toronto), Jason Lepinske (Chicago), Hongyuan Wang (Hangzhou, China) and Guoying He (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air fryer drawer includes a panel, a fryer basket fixed to the rear side of the panel to receive food to be fried, and a handle disposed at the front side of the panel, the panel being provided with a transparent area through which a user can observe the conditions of the food being fried in the fryer bas...