ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,584, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Refrigerator" was invented by Jihyun Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Kyukwan Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Minsub Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Hangbok Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Sungkyong Han (Seoul, South Korea) and Yezo Yun (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator comprises: a cabinet provided with a storage space; a refrigerator door opening/closing the storage space; and a dispenser which is provided in the refrigerator door for dispensing water or ice, wherein the dispenser comprises: a dispenser housing forming a space; a protruding m...