ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,556, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Lamplight Farms Inc. (Menomonee Falls, Wis.).
"Repellant string light and retrofit assembly" was invented by Michael Sawalski (Racine, Wis.), Jessica Lindquist (Hartland, Wis.), Jason Tilk (Cleveland), Jim Szpak (Cleveland), Michael Bilinski (Cleveland), Gary Stephan (Cleveland), Jeffrey Crull (McFarland, Wis.), William Mathias (Middleton, Wis.) and Evan Sparks (Cottage Grove, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A repellent assembly has a light socket connector, a heating receptacle that selectively connects to a replaceable repellent pod that is selectively heated to disperse repellent from ...