ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,818, issued on May 20.
"Lighting system" was invented by Joel A. Nichols (Columbia City, Ind.), Dominic Picciuto (Crestview Hills, Ky.), Connor Digan (Fort Wayne, Ind.) and Adam Brososky (Fort Wayne, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighting system includes a lighting device configured to connect to an object. The lighting device includes a body and a control device. One or more ultraviolet light sources are attached to the body and connected to the control device. The ultraviolet light source(s) emit ultraviolet light in a wavelength range from 10 nm to 445 nm. The control device controls the frequency and duration of strobing ...