ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,401, issued on July 1, was assigned to GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS INC. (Phoenix).

"Smart landing light deicing using advanced transparent metal mesh conductor" was invented by Sreekanth Koti Ananda Rao (Bangalore, India), Petchi Subramanian (Bangalore, India), Chana Kesava Reddy (Bengaluru, India) and Ashish Kumar Agarwal (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for deicing an aircraft landing light may include a metal mesh conductor coupled to a lens of a landing light. The systems and methods may include a power supply, a temperature sensor, a deicing control unit, an aircraft light having a lens, and a me...