ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,044, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Delta T LLC (Lexington, Ky.).

"Ceiling fan with enhanced lighting capabilities and related methods" was invented by Marc McKinzie (Lexington, Ky.), Daniel Dalton (Lexington, Ky.), Richard Lenser (Lexington, Ky.) and Andrew Koukis (Danville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ceiling fan includes a rotatable hub adapted to be suspended from the ceiling. The hub includes at least one fan blade adapted for rotating with the hub. An uplight module is provided having a plurality of different lights, each of the plurality of lights for producing a different type of light incident on the ceiling. Th...