ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,663, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Refrigerator and home appliance" was invented by Younghun Son (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A home appliance includes a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a cabinet having a storage space and a door opening and closing the storage space. The door includes: a panel assembly including a front panel forming an outer appearance of the front surface; a door frame connected to the panel assembly; and a touch screen device disposed inside the door frame in contact with the panel assembly, detecting a user's touch operation, and outpu...