ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,071, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to UT-BATTELLE LLC (Oak Ridge, Tenn.).
"Increase resistance for efficient heating" was invented by Roger A. Kisner (Knoxville, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Conductors for use in heating systems are provided. The conductors are configured to have an extended current path for the current and increased resistance as seen by the current. The heating system may be an induction system. For example, the conductor may comprise a conductive material having a surface which faces an induction coil of an oscillating circuit. This surface may have a predetermined pattern of peaks and valleys. The peaks...