ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,787, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Refrigerator" was invented by Donghoon Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Wookyong Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Chongyoung Park (Seoul, South Korea), Donghoon Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Seungseob Yeom (Seoul, South Korea), Yongjun Bae (Seoul, South Korea) and Sunggyun Son (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a refrigerator. A refrigerator of the present invention may comprise: a first tray assembly forming a part of ice-making cells; a second tray assembly forming the other part of the ice-making cells; and a heater. I...