ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,079, issued on June 17, was assigned to ABL IP HOLDING LLC (Conyers, Ga.).

"Low battery mode for wireless control system" was invented by Richard L. Westrick Jr. (Social Circle, Ga.), Frank Pelliccio (Guilford, Conn.), Ryan A. Zaveruha (Trumbull, Conn.) and Maurits van der Hoorn (Alberta, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A luminaire or lighting control device includes a network interface with a transceiver configured for communication via a lighting control network for lighting control and systems operations. The device can include a light source to emit illumination lighting, a driver circuit to control operation of the light s...