ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,910, issued on May 20, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Cooking appliance" was invented by Wen Sun (Shanghai), Yun Chen (Shanghai) and Guangming Su (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooking appliance (100) is disclosed comprising a cooking chamber (170), a heating stage (150) for heating a food product within the cooking chamber and a humidity adjustment stage (160) for adjusting the humidity within the cooking chamber. The cooking appliance further comprises a user interface (110) configured to allow a user to specify a texture of said food product and a degree of browning of said food pro...