ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,153, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vacuum adiabatic body and refrigerator" was invented by Daewoong Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Wonyeong Jung (Seoul, South Korea), Wookjin Yang (Seoul, South Korea) and Jangseok Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vacuum adiabatic body includes a first plate member, a second plate member, a sealing part which seals between the first plate member and the second plate member, a conductive resistance sheet which connects the first plate member and the second plate member to each other so as to reduce a heat transfer amount between the first...