ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,754, issued on July 14, was assigned to QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR Co. LTD. (Qingdao, China) and HAIER SMART HOME Co. LTD. (Qingdao, China).

"Magnetic field fresh-keeping apparatus and air-cooled refrigeration device" was invented by Yuning Zhang (Qingdao, China), Bin Fei (Qingdao, China), Huihui Liu (Qingdao, China), Mengcheng Li (Qingdao, China), Yao Yi (Qingdao, China), Lisheng Ji (Qingdao, China) and Zilin Cao (Qingdao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic field fresh-keeping apparatus and an air-cooled refrigeration device. The magnetic field fresh-keeping apparatus comprises a drawer container, a drawer, a magnet ass...