ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,527, issued on July 8, was assigned to Infinity X1 LLC (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Multimode lighting system" was invented by Dennis K. Bertken (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multimode lighting system is disclosed. Due to industry standards, manufacturers of lighting devices are incentivized to create high initial light outputs that drop off quickly. Portable lighting devices with multiple modes of operation that can maximize light output and runtime according to industry standards (e.g., FL-1) as well as other lighting modes with more consistent light output over the device runtime. Lighting modes may be adjusted automat...