ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,488, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to EXPRESS IMAGING SYSTEMS LLC (Renton, Wash.).

"Field adjustable output for dimmable luminaires" was invented by William G. Reed (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A field adjustable output control usable with a luminaire to adjust dimming employs a first resistance source, and at least a second resistance source, and a shunt voltage regulator having a reference node coupled between the first and the second resistance sources to form a voltage divider that provides a reference voltage to the shunt voltage regulator, wherein the shunt voltage regulator is electrically coupled between an LED dri...