ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,271, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to LEEDARSON LIGHTING Co. LTD. (Fujian, China).

"Lighting apparatus" was invented by Yizhen Chen (Fujian, China), Yongzhe Dong (Fujian, China), Shuxing Gao (Fujian, China), Zhenyu Tang (Fujian, China), Huiwu Chen (Fujian, China), Bihong Zheng (Fujian, China), Weize Lin (Fujian, China) and Zhiwei Su (Fujian, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighting apparatus includes a base plate, a driver module, a light source, a mechanical switch, a main housing, and a manual switch. The driver module is disposed on a top surface of the base plate. The light source is also disposed on the top surface of t...