ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,143, issued on April 29, was assigned to QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR Co. LTD. (Qingdao, China) and HAIER SMART HOME Co. LTD. (Qingdao, China).

"Control method of refrigerating and freezing device and refrigerating and freezing device" was invented by Heng Zhou (Qingdao, China) and Yi Huang (Qingdao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control method of a refrigerating and freezing device and a refrigerating and freezing device are provided. The refrigerating and freezing device includes a cabinet defining a storage compartment. The control method includes a refrigerating operation step, a foodstuff determining step, and a cooling op...