ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,795, issued on April 1, was assigned to AMERLUX LLC (Oakland, N.J.).

"Reflector and reflector housing for a linear lighting system" was invented by Avinash Sanichar (Bloomfield, N.J.), Alister Mallet (Bushkill, Pa.) and Ernesto Buchana (Clifton, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighting system including a housing defining a cavity. The housing has catches protruding into the cavity. The lighting system has a direct reflector positioned in the cavity that has a first and second branch. The first and second branches each have a finger extending from the branch at a branch intersection and bending at a finger joint, and a bent shan...