ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,986, issued on June 17, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Refrigerator and household appliance" was invented by Seungwon Byeon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jisu Rhie (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sungmo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jonghoon Oh (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seungyong Yang (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Inyong Hwang (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator includes: a main body forming a storage room; a display positioned on a bottom of the storage room and including a display board; a separating wall extending from the bottom of the storage room toward the display and fo...