ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,218, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vacuum adiabatic body and refrigerator" was invented by Wonyeong Jung (Seoul, South Korea), Deokhyun Youn (Seoul, South Korea) and Sungsub Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vacuum adiabatic body may include: a first plate member; a second plate member; a sealing part sealing the first plate member and the second plate member to provide a third space; a supporting unit maintaining the third space; a heat resistance unit at least including a conductive resistance sheet capable of resisting heat conduction flowing along a wall for t...