ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,176, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to ZHEJIANG NOVIA KITCHENWARE Co. LTD. (Jinhua, China).

"Cooking utensil with stirring function" was invented by Huacheng Hu (Jinhua, China), Chengzhou Zhang (Jinhua, China) and Jinzhi Ye (Jinhua, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooking utensil with stirring function comprises a pot body and a lid body, and the cooking utensil with stirring function is further provided with a stirrer and a stirrer driving mechanism; the stirrer driving mechanism comprises an operating member, a rack, and a driving shaft; and a mounting cavity is formed on an upper surface of the lid body, the rack is arranged...