ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,735, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SEB S.A. (France).

"Cooking assembly comprising an electrical cooking appliance and a draining receptacle" was invented by Delphine Schwartz (Dijon, France), Frederic Pain (Varois-et-Chaignot, France) and Frederic Seurat (Bretigny, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a cooking assembly (1) which comprises an electrical cooking appliance (2) and a draining receptacle (70), the electrical cooking appliance (2) comprising a vessel (10) provided with a draining device (60) that has a valve (61), the draining receptacle (70) having a control member, and the cooking assembly ...