ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,398, issued on Sept. 16.

"Method for retrofitting a lighting system with LED lights" was invented by Myron Gordin (Oskaloosa, Iowa), Timothy A. Barker (Oskaloosa, Iowa), Alan W. Sheldon (Pella, Iowa), Luke C. McKee (Oskaloosa, Iowa), Chris P. Lickiss (Newton, Iowa), Philip D. Hol (New Sharon, Iowa), Aric D. Klyn (Pella, Iowa), Joel D DeBoef (New Sharon, Iowa), David J. Van Ee (Oskaloosa, Iowa), Kenneth G. Lewis Jr. (New Sharon, Iowa), Mark W. Kubovich (Johnston, Iowa), Frank L. Baldwin (Madrid, Iowa) and Kevin A. Jankowski (Polk City, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for retrofitting a HID lighting system includes us...