ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,989, issued on May 13, was assigned to Hubbell Inc. (Shelton, Conn.).

"Lighting fixture for hospitality applications" was invented by Michael Daigle (Glastonbury, Conn.) and Shawn Monteith (Burlington, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighting fixture is provided. The lighting fixture includes a light source. The lighting fixture further includes an input device physically located on the lighting fixture. The input device is configured to receive a manual user-input associated with toggling power to the light source. The lighting fixture further includes a wireless communications device physically located on the lighting fixtur...