ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,569, issued on June 24, was assigned to COWAY Co. LTD. (Gongju-si, South Korea).

"Multifunctional storage system" was invented by Young Ju Seo (Seoul, South Korea), Sang Woo Kang (Seoul, South Korea) and Hyun Hee Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-functional storage system includes a storage compartment, a circulation flow path positioned at the rear of the storage compartment, and including an inlet end and an outlet end each communicating with the storage compartment, through which circulating air flows, and a flow path inlet for introducing the circulating air into the circulation flow path, the flow pa...