ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,792, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC (Needham, Mass.).

"Systems and methods for cooking pizza" was invented by Christopher T. Martin (North Attleboro, Mass.) and Nicholas Chow (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In general, cooking devices having at least one electric heating element and that are configured to cook various foods, including pizza, are provided. In some embodiments, the cooking device can include a housing having a base, a movable door coupled to the base that together define an interior cooking chamber. A cooking surface, such as a cooking stone, can be disposed proximate a heating elem...