US Patent Issued to DMF on April 22 for "Apparatus and methods for communicating information and power via phase-cut AC waveforms" (American, Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,284,736, issued on April 22, was assigned to DMF Inc..

"Apparatus and methods for communicating information and power via phase-cut AC waveforms" was invented by Russikesh Kumar (Tustin, Calif.) and Oren Kashani (Kfar Saba, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods for controlling correlated color temperature (CCT) and lighting intensity in lighting fixtures are described. The CCT and intensity may be controlled independently over conventional AC wiring using a conventional dimmer. A lighting controller that resembles a conventional dimmer and that can be installed in place of a dimmer may be used instead of a convention...