ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,822, issued on July 15, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Osaka, Japan).
"Heating cooking apparatus" was invented by Tsuyoshi Ootani (Sakai, Japan) and Masahiro Nishijima (Sakai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heating cooking apparatus including a heating cooking chamber and a microwave supply unit is provided. An object to be heated is accommodated in the heating cooking chamber. A microwave supply unit includes a radiation port and supplies microwaves to the heating cooking chamber through the radiation port. The radiation port is positioned below the heating cooking chamber. The heating cooking apparatus further includes a parti...