ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,180, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Refrigerator with a thermoelectrically powered rapid freeze comparment" was invented by Seongmin Song (Seoul, South Korea) and Yunsu Chu (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a refrigerator having a separate deep-freezing space which is partitioned inside a storage space of the refrigerator. Provided is a refrigerator having a flow path which allows cold air to circulate inside a deep-freezing chamber. According to an embodiment disclosed in the present document, a flow path portion is formed on one part ...