ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,142, issued on March 25, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Cooker" was invented by Sooncheol Kweon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sanggyun Ye (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Seungwoo Han (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a cooking apparatus with a cooktop. The cooking apparatus includes: a cooker body including a cooking compartment and a storage compartment below the cooking compartment; a drawer including a storage space, and sliding the drawer into and out of the storage compartment closes and opens the storage space; a steam supplier configured to generate steam and sup...