ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,219, issued on July 29, was assigned to CREE LIGHTING USA LLC (Racine, Wis.).

"LED luminaire with a cavity, finned interior, and a curved outer wall extending from a surface on which the light source is mounted" was invented by Mario A. Castillo (New Braunfels, Texas), Kurt S. Wilcox (Libertyville, Ill.), Andrew Dan Bendtsen (Milwaukee), Brian Kinnune (Racine, Wis.), Sandeep Pawar (Elmhurst, Ill.) and David P Goelz (Milwaukee).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical member includes a curved portion comprising an optically transmissive material. The enclosure has an outer surface and an inner surface opposite the outer surface. At le...