ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,403, issued on July 1, was assigned to COOLEDGE LIGHTING INC. (Richmond, Canada).

"Lighting systems incorporating connections for signal and power transmission" was invented by Paul Palfreyman (Vancouver, Canada), Philippe M. Schick (Vancouver, Canada) and Michael A. Tischler (Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In accordance with various embodiments, lighting systems features one or more inter-connectable light panels each having multiple light-emitting elements thereon. One or more of the light panels may feature one or more connectors, and associated conductors, for the transmission of power, communication signals, and...