ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,770, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Refrigerator" was invented by Myeongseong Park (Seoul, South Korea), Chun Hee Hong (Seoul, South Korea), Seongjun Yun (Seoul, South Korea) and Hyeonu Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator includes a storage casing having a first storage compartment and a front wall protruding outward along a front edge of the storage compartment; a hot line located along a rear surface of the front wall; and a first barrier located inside the first storage compartment so as to cross the storage first compartment in a left and right direct...