US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on March 18 for "Home appliance" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,297, issued on March 18, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Home appliance" was invented by Seongmin Song (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An appliance includes a cabinet in which a storage space is defined and a door configured to open and close the storage space. The door includes a door body and a panel assembly mounted on a front surface of the door body. The panel assembly includes a panel which is configured to define a front surface of the door and through which light is transmitted, a lighting device configured to allow the panel to shine with a set color, a back cover configured to ...