ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,258, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to DIEM GmbH (Graz, Austria).

"Linear luminaire including a light inset inserted in a channel" was invented by Stefan Krotmeier (New York), Dominic Hosch (New York), Moritz Gessner (Graz, Austria) and Rene Hendler (Stattegg, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linear luminaire includes a linear channel defining an interior space and a linear light inset configured for being inserted into the channel in the interior space. The light inset includes a cover and a printed circuit board fixed to the cover. The printed circuit board supports a plurality of light emitting diodes. The cover base wall...