ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,339, issued on July 21, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Vechicle storage compartment along a top surface of a door interior panel" was invented by Minseok Jeon (Gimpo-si, South Korea), Hyunsoo Lim (Bucheon-si, South Korea) and Jinki Hwang (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a product that may include a vehicle door interior panel having lower portion having a front surface, opposite rear surface, bottom surface and a top surface, a storage compartment having a lid hinged to the at least one wall, wherein the lid forms a portion of the top surface of the bottom portion of t...