ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,172, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to IB APPLIANCES US HOLDINGS LLC (Chicago).

"Air cooking device" was invented by Hongyuan Wang (Hangzhou, China), Yude Han (Zhejiang, China) and Jiwei Wang (Ottawa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air cooking device includes a main unit and a drawer structure, wherein the main unit is provided with an internal cavity, and the drawer structure includes a drawer panel and a frying bucket fixed on the back side of the drawer panel. The drawer structure can be pushed into the cavity to perform the operation of air frying cooking. The main unit includes a top wall above the cavity, and the air cooking...