ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,491, issued on July 8, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Refrigerator" was invented by Youngmin You (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kyoungsun Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jinyoung Song (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sangjune Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Yeongjun Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a refrigerator that includes a storage compartment, a shelf disposed inside the storage compartment, an angle provided to fix a position of the shelf, and a duct mounted on one surface of the storage compartment and to which the angle is coupled. The angle includes a bent part for...