ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,395, issued on April 15, was assigned to Xiaoyan Hao (Shijiazhuang, China).
"Grilling assembly, stove and cooking device" was invented by Xiaoyan Hao (Hebei, China), Yiming Zhang (Hebei, China), Yundi Zhang (Hebei, China) and Chengche Liu (Hebei, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A grilling assembly includes a grilling pan, which includes a grilling area and a heat penetration area arranged outside the grilling area. At least one through hole is arranged in the heat penetration area. The at least one through hole is configured to allow at least a portion of heat to pass through to the grilling area."
The patent was filed on Oct. 9...