ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,143, issued on March 25, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electric heater and cooking appliance having same" was invented by Misun Song (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric heater includes a substrate; a first plane heating element disposed on a surface of the substrate; and a second plane heating element disposed on the surface of the substrate so as to be located outside the first plane heating element. The first plane heating element includes a first pattern portion having a start point and an end point, and a pair of first electrode portions connected to the first pattern porti...