ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,546, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Refrigerator and method for controlling same" was invented by Sungho Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Miyoung Yoo (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator includes a body comprising a first storage compartment, a door coupled to the body so as to open/close the first storage compartment and provided with a second storage compartment other than the first storage compartment, a weight sensing unit capable of being disposed in at least one of the first and second storage compartments so ...