ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,782, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electric kettle having warming function and method for operating same" was invented by Sehwa Yoon (Seoul, South Korea) and Jea Shik Heo (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric kettle includes a container in which water is received, and a base on which the container is seated, wherein the container includes a handle, a body defining space in which water is received, a lid configured to open and close an open upper surface of the body, a heating module mounted on the lower surface of the body and configured to heat water contained ...