ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,290, issued on June 10, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Refrigerator" was invented by Donghoon Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Donghoon Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Wookyong Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Seungyoon Cho (Seoul, South Korea), Heejun Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Seungseob Yeom (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator includes: a cabinet in which a refrigerating compartment is provided; a first door connected to the cabinet to open and close the refrigerating compartment and having an opening; a housing provided in the first door and accessible through the opening therein; an ice mak...