ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,846, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vacuum adiabatic body" was invented by Wonyeong Jung (Seoul, South Korea), Deokhyun Youn (Seoul, South Korea), Daewoong Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Jangseok Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vacuum adiabatic body may include a first plate, a second plate, and a seal which seals the first plate and the second plate to provide a vacuum space. Optionally, the vacuum adiabatic body may include a support maintaining the vacuum space. The vacuum adiabatic body may include a heat transfer resistor for reducing an amount of heat transfe...