ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,147, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Refrigerator" was invented by Seongchan Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Inyong Hwang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ilsung Bae (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jinyoung Song (Suwon-si, South Korea), Subin Yun (Suwon-si, South Korea), Wonho Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Youngmin You (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator includes a body including an inner case, a first storage compartment, a second storage compartment, a third storage compartment, a first partition between the second storage and the third storage compartments, ...