ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,536, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Oven and method of controlling the same" was invented by Hyunsu Jo (Seoul, South Korea), Sangheon Choi (Seoul, South Korea) and Go Eun Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oven and a method of controlling the same are described. The oven is configured to perform a heat stage for implementing an air-fry. In this case, the oven may uniformly cook a cooking ingredient to be crispy by driving a convection fan earlier than a convection heater in at least some heating sections, adjusting a driving time of each of a broil heater and a con...