ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,213, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC (Needham, Mass.).

"Grill system with smoke assembly" was invented by Christopher T. Martin (North Attleboro, Mass.), Christopher Smith (Newton, Mass.), Blake Hishmeh (Cambridge, Mass.) and Nicholas Chow (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cooking devices, cooking systems, and smoke assemblies for use therewith are provided. In one embodiment, a cooking system is provided and includes a housing and a smoke assembly. The housing can have a lower base portion and an upper lid portion that together define a hollow cooking chamber. The smoke assembly can be coupled to the...