ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,010, issued on June 24, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Cooking apparatus" was invented by Chulwoo Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sangwon Yun (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jaegyeong Ma (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Yesil Seo (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooking apparatus including a main body forming a cooking room therein and including a front plate with an opening to the cooking room; a case positioned to one side of the opening and formed to accommodate a circuit board therein; a door opening and closing the opening and covering a front portion of the case, wherein a portion...