ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,664, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).
"Cooking appliance" was invented by Marco Casucci (Varese, Italy), Anna D'Angelo (Novara, Italy), Luca Distaso (Gemonio, Italy), Alessandro Gigante (Varese, Italy), Tushar A. Kalbande (Pune, India), Simone Polvara (Bareggio, Italy) and Gaia Mannara (Varese, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooking appliance includes a body that defines a cooking cavity, a door that defines a storage pocket, and a partition. The door is movable relative to the body between a closed position, wherein the door covers an opening to the cooking cavity, and an open positi...