ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,565, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vacuum adiabatic body and refrigerator" was invented by Wonyeong Jung (Seoul, South Korea), Deokhyun Youn (Seoul, South Korea), Bongjin Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Duchan Ki (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vacuum adiabatic body of the present embodiment may include a first plate, a second plate, a seal configured to seal the first plate and the second plate to provide a vacuum space; and a support configured to maintain the vacuum space. Optionally, the support may include a first support having a first support plate formed in a g...