ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,069, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to KOREA ELECTROTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Changwon-si, South Korea).

"Microwave band induction heating device" was invented by Daeho Kim (Gimhae-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microwave band induction heating device is disclosed. The microwave band induction heating device has a microwave input part for receiving microwaves; a microwave coupler connected to the microwave input part; a dielectric resonator which is disposed so as to be spaced apart from the microwave coupler by a predetermined distance and operates based on the microwaves received from the microwave coupler; ...