US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on July 29 for "Refrigerator having door with weight-sensitive storage area and method of managing items stored in weight-sensitive storage area" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,298, issued on July 29, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Refrigerator having door with weight-sensitive storage area and method of managing items stored in weight-sensitive storage area" was invented by Kitae Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kilyun Jeong (Suwon-si, South Korea), Daewoong Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Heejung Youn (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a refrigerator including a door, a door shelf provided on the door and including a weight-sensitive storage area for sensing a weight of an item, a weight transmission device installed on the door shelf an...