ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,442, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Electric pressure cooker to prevent clogging of steam exhaust flow path" was invented by Hyeunsik Nam (Seoul, South Korea), Wan Soo Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Byungkyu Park (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric pressure cooker includes: a main body; an inner pot configured to be accommodated in the main body; a lid fastening ring configured to be fastened to an upper surface of the main body; an inner lid that is disposed radially inside of the lid fastening ring and that includes a steam outlet and a first flow path guide memb...