ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,956, issued on April 7, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Refrigerator" was invented by Wonyeong Jung (Seoul, South Korea) and Deokhyun Youn (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is disclosed a refrigerator including a vacuum space formed between an outer case and an inner case to improve an insulation function thereof, which includes an inner case that defines an exterior appearance of a storage space, an outer case spaced apart a predetermined distance from the inner case, a vacuum space provided between the inner case and the outer case, with being maintained vacuum, to insulate the inne...