ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,522, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to ABL IP Holding LLC (Atlanta).

"Light module with discrete optics and methods of assembling same" was invented by John Bryan Harvey (Newark, Ohio), Craig Eugene Marquardt (Covington, Ga.), John E. Sakmar (Atlanta), Lucas Lee Leiner (Sugar Hill, Ga.), Jack Rains (Herndon, Va.), Alfredo David Sanchez Morales (Brownsburg, Ind.) and Charles Richard Shoop Jr. (Blythewood, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments are directed to optics, light modules with such optics, and methods of assembling such light modules such that the optics are attached and sealed directly to a printed circuit board, the...