ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,526, issued on June 30, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Enamel composition, method for preparing enamel composition, and cooking appliance" was invented by Dong Gun Gwoo (Seoul, South Korea), Jingon Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Young Seok Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An enamel composition, a method for preparing an enamel composition, and a cooking appliance are provided. The enamel composition may include 15 to 50 wt % of phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5); 5 to 20 wt % of one or more of lithium oxide (Li2O), sodium oxide (Na2O), or potassium oxide (K2O); 1 to 5 wt % of one or more of so...