ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,235, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Traeger Pellet Grills LLC (Salt Lake City).

"Mobile application for controlling outdoor grill" was invented by Michael V. Colston (Salt Lake City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments are directed to controlling an electronically-controlled appliance using a software application and providing a user interface for controlling an electronically-controlled appliance. In one scenario, a computer system receives an indication from a remote computing system indicating that an electronically-controlled appliance is communicably connected to the remote computing system. The computer system provide...