ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,283, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Ice maker and refrigerator including the same" was invented by Donghoon Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Yongjun Bae (Seoul, South Korea), Donghoon Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Sunggyun Son (Seoul, South Korea) and Wookyong Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ice maker including a first tray configured to form a first portion of an ice-making cell; a second tray configured to form a second portion of the ice-making cell, and capable of moving relative to the first tray; an ice bin configured to store ice separated from the first and second ...