ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,495, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Dongguan Yongfeng Lighting Co. Ltd (Dongguan, China).

"High-voltage LED string light and method of manufacturing thereof" was invented by Zhumei Deng (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light assembly of a string light is disclosed. The light assembly includes a first wire and a second wire, each of the first wire and the second wire comprising an end exposing copper strands; a first light-emitting diode (LED) chip soldered to the exposed copper strands of the first wire and the second wire; a colloid encapsulating the first LED chip soldered to the first wire and the second wire;...