ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,162, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR Co. LTD. (Shandong, China) and HAIER SMART HOME Co. LTD. (Shandong, China).

"Refrigerator having storage space formed on door body" was invented by Jiaming Li (Qingdao, China), Hao Zhang (Qingdao, China), Zhanpeng Cui (Qingdao, China), Sen Mou (Qingdao, China) and Peng Lyu (Qingdao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator having a storage space formed on a door body. The refrigerator comprises: a refrigerator body in which at least a first storage space is defined, the first storage space having a forward opening; an inner-layer door pivotally provided on ...