ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,497, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to MIDEA GROUP Co. LTD. (Guangdong, China).
"Oven door alert" was invented by Richard W. Cowan (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooking apparatus includes a control circuit configured to generate an alert in response to sensed movement of an oven door. In some instances, the alert may be audible, and in some instances, the alert may be generated in response to movement of the oven door prior to receiving any user input through a user interface of the cooking apparatus. In some instances, the alert may be generated in response to movement of the oven door away from a closed positio...