ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,061, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Cooking appliance" was invented by Sunjin Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Donghyok Yun (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a cooking appliance. The cooking appliance includes a housing having an open upper surface and an open front surface, a door swiveling around the rear side and opening and closing the upper surface and the front surface, and a gasket part being disposed between the door and the housing and sealing a gap between the door and the housing."

The patent was filed on June 14, 2022, under App...