ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,365, issued on July 22, was assigned to NUC ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Daegu, South Korea).

"Food processor" was invented by Jong Boo Kim (Daegu, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a food processor including: a container including an accommodation tank with an upward opening; a lid coupled to the accommodation tank to cover an upper side of the accommodation tank, and having a first steam discharge hole formed in a central portion of the lid; a lid cap coupled to the lid to cover the first steam discharge hole; a base in which the container is placed; and a heating unit provided in the base to surround a lower part of...