ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,349, issued on March 4, was assigned to WELBILT DEUTSCHLAND GMBH (Eglfing, Germany).

"Method for operating a commercial cooking device and such a cooking device" was invented by Hannes Wild (Riegsee, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are systems and methods that optimize electrical component compartment cooling in a cooking device, such as a combi-steamer. The systems and methods according to the present disclosure provide supplemental air movement devices, such as fans, in the electrical component compartment and, optionally, in the mechanical compartment. These supplemental air movement devices allow reducing the ene...