ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,140, issued on March 25, was assigned to Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG (Kirchlengern, Germany).

"Baking oven" was invented by Daniel Rehage (Chemnitz, Germany), Johann Braun (Hiddenhausen, Germany), Johann-Sebastian Lessmann (Kirchlengern, Germany) and Christian Redikop (Bad Oeynhausen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A baking oven has a baking oven muffle, on which at least one pull-out guide is arranged. Each pull-out guide has a stationary guide rail and a movable running rail, wherein one or two side grids with at least one receptacle for a cooking good carrier is or are held on the running rail. The carrier is arranged betw...