ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,917, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Anthony Inc. (Sylmar, Calif.).

"Reducing cooling loss from a walk-in refrigerator" was invented by Alexander Khusit (Winnetka, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigeration system having a refrigerated enclosure and a door coupled to the refrigerated enclosure. The door controls access to the refrigerated enclosure. The door has a glass assembly, an outer frame surrounding an outer perimeter of the glass assembly, an insulation assembly coupled to the outer frame on an interior surface of the outer frame, and a heater system configured to heat the outer frame."

The patent was filed on Au...