US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on May 19 for "Refrigerator having panel assembly covering opening of outer plate of door" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,969, issued on May 19, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Refrigerator having panel assembly covering opening of outer plate of door" was invented by Jisu Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Taehoon Choi (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a refrigerator. The refrigerator is characterized by enabling at least a part of a refrigerator door to be selectively transparent by a user's operation, such that the user sees through an inside of the refrigerator while the refrigerator door is closed."

The patent was filed on Oct. 17, 2024, under Application No. 18/918,241.

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