ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,861, issued on March 25, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Electric kettle" was invented by Jaehoon Ahn (Seoul, South Korea), Juneyoung Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Daeyong Kang (Seoul, South Korea), Sangki Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Hoyong Jang (Seoul, South Korea), Seungje Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Donghyun Kim (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric kettle may include: a body receiving water or food therein; a lid configured to shield an open upper side of the body; a base provided at a lower side of the body and configured to support the body; a heating module provided in a side of...