ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,307,922, issued on May 20.
"Illuminated address assembly" was invented by Morris Mattingly (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An illuminated address assembly includes a housing that is attachable to an exterior wall of a building such that the housing is visible to an individual approaching the building. A light emitter is integrated into the housing to emit light outwardly from the housing. A communication unit is integrated into the housing and the communication unit receives a delivery command from a personal electronic device. The light emitter is turned on when the delivery driver passes within a trigger distance of the...