ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,263, issued on Jan. 27, 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 Daewoong Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vacuum adiabatic body includes a first plate; a second plate; a seal; a support; a heat resistance unit; and an exhaust port, wherein the heat resistance unit includes a conductive resistance sheet connected to the first plate, the conductive resistance sheet resisting heat conduction flowing along a wall for the third space, the conductive resistance sheet i...