ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,464, issued on July 1, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Refrigerator and home appliance" was invented by Euddeum Hong (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator and a home appliance include a cabinet with a storage space formed therein, and a door configured to open and close the storage space, and including a door body filled with an insulator and a door panel detachably mounted on a front surface of the door body, where the door panel includes a panel defining a front appearance of the door, and a panel bracket extending along at least one end of a perimeter of a rear surface of the p...