ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,689, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Refrigerator" was invented by Kyutae Park (Seoul, South Korea), Minsub Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Kyongsok Oh (Seoul, South Korea), Sangmyung Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Hangbok Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator includes: a cabinet forming a storage space; a door for opening and closing the storage space and provided with a receiving space; a see-through portion extending through the door and communicating with the receiving space; a door light for illuminating a rear space of the door; a transparent panel assembly f...