ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,026, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Refrigerator with interactive information and lighting effects and method for controlling same" was invented by Yongchul Shin (Seoul, South Korea), Yoon Ha (Seoul, South Korea), Minhyeok Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Joohee Son (Seoul, South Korea) and Jipyo Hong (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator can include a cabinet for defining a space; a first display door for opening and closing the space, the first display door including a display panel configured to output content; a second door for opening and closing the space; and a ...