ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,447, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Filament Lighting LLC (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Light distribution for narrow corridors and aisles" was invented by Frank Shum (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighting apparatus has a first light source mounted on a first planar surface that defines a horizontal plane, wherein the first light source defines a first optical axis normal to the horizontal plane. The first optical axis defines an intersection between a first vertical plane orthogonal to the horizontal plane and a second vertical plane orthogonal to both the first vertical plane and the horizontal plane. A first opti...