ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,314, issued on June 17, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Air-frying cooker" was invented by Hannes Uwe Floessholzer (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present invention discloses an air-frying cooker (100), comprising: a vessel (101); a heating means located above the vessel (101); a food support (102) located in the vessel (101) and having an air-permeable bottom (1021), the partition (104) dividing a space in the vessel into a first chamber (1011) accommodating the food support (102) and a second chamber (1012) located below the first chamber (1011); and a gu...