ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,288, issued on June 10, 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 refrigerator according to the present invention comprises: a storage compartment for storing food; a cooler for supplying cold to the storage compartment; a first tray assembly forming a part of ice-making cells which are where water changes p...