ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,874, issued on May 20, was assigned to ECOTECH LLC (Bethlehem, Pa.).

"Habitat lighting assembly" was invented by Justin Lawyer (Bethlehem, Pa.), Mark Lindenmoyer (Coopersburg, Pa.), Christian Clough (Bethlehem, Pa.), Timothy Marks (Northampton, Pa.) and Patrick Clasen (Allentown, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighting assembly includes a light guide having opposite first and second major surfaces and at least one edge surface extending between the first and second major surfaces, a solid-state light source arranged to emit light into the edge surface of the light guide, and a plurality of integrated optical elements associated...