ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,745, issued on July 14, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Refrigerator" was invented by Jin Jeong (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kwanyeol Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Bongsu Son (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hocheol Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seokjun Son (Suwon-si, South Korea), Wonjae Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Dongho Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator includes a body including a storage compartment, and an icemaker provided inside the storage compartment, wherein the icemaker includes a first tray provided to form ice cubes having ...