ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. RE50,426, issued on May 13, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Ice maker" was invented by Jinkook Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jinseung Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Myungseob Song (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Minsoo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are an ice maker, which can make ice with high transparency. The ice maker includes an ice making container configured to be filled with ice-making water; a heating ice-separator comprising a heating rod extended from above a water surface of the ice-making water into the ice making container so as to be immersed in the ice-m...