ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,432,825, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Cooking apparatus" was invented by Changhyun Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Woojoo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Chulwoo Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seokang Kim (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 includes a main body including a cooking chamber, a door configured to open and close the cooking chamber of the main body, a wire inserted into the main body from an inside of the door, a service hole formed on an upper surface of the main body to allow access to the wire...