ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,777, issued on March 11, was assigned to QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR Co. LTD. (Shandong, China) and HAIER SMART HOME Co. LTD. (Shandong, China).

"Refrigerator and glass door thereof" was invented by Peng Lyu (Qingdao, China), Hao Zhang (Qingdao, China), Jiaming Li (Qingdao, China), Zhanpeng Cui (Qingdao, China) and Sen Mou (Qingdao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator and a glass door thereof. The glass door of the refrigerator comprises a glass plate body and an outer frame; the outer frame is configured to be hinged to a refrigerator body or a door body of the refrigerator; the outer frame extends along the edge of ...