ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,741, issued on May 19, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Black coating composition having high heat resistance, manufacturing method thereof and home appliances using the same" was invented by Soyoon Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Juwon Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Hyunwoo Jun (Seoul, South Korea), Jaekyung Yang (Seoul, South Korea), Dong Jin Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Yongsoo Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coating composition has heat resistance, transparency, and high hardness. The coating composition is configured to be applied to a stainless steel material. The coating composition inclu...