ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,063, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to MIDEA GROUP Co. LTD. (Guangdong, China).
"Method and apparatus for a cooking appliance" was invented by Paul R. Staun (Sharonville, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for a cooking appliance. The cooking appliance may include air frying in one heating compartment and steaming in another heating compartment. Each heating compartment may include at least one food container. The food container may be a drawer. One or more heating devices may be in communication with the one or more heating compartments. One or more circulating devices may be used to circulate air. A control...