ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,397, issued on July 1, was assigned to Al Errington (Canada).

"Multi-lamp lighting system" was invented by Anthony Baldasaro (Kitchener, Canada), Apoorva Dilip Yadav (Maharashtra, India) and Al Errington (Kitchener, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighting system, including a sensor operable to detect a person, a luminaire, and a tracking system. The luminaire including a first lamp operable to generate visible light when activated, and a second lamp operable to generate UVC light having a peak wavelength between 200 nm and 225 nm when activated, the second lamp communicatively coupled to the sensor and configured to be activa...