ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,515, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to CreeLED Inc. (Durham, N.C.).

"Light-emitting diode packages with transformation and shifting of pulse width modulation signals and related methods" was invented by Christopher P. Hussell (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Light-emitting diode (LED) packages and, more particularly, LED packages with transformation and shifting of pulse width modulation (PWM) signals and related methods are disclosed. Discrete LED packages are arranged for cascade communication. Each LED package includes one or more LED chips, and each LED package is separately capable of receiving communication from ...