ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,112, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to LONG YAN DE YU LIGHTING Co. LTD. (Fujian, China).

"LED light string for decoration" was invented by Yuanming Li (Fujian, China), Dehua Huang (Fujian, China), Xiaoqin Jian (Fujian, China) and Zhansheng Jian (Fujian, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An LED light string includes a power cord and a plurality of LED lights connected in series and parallel on the power cord. The LED lights each include a light socket, a housing, and a built-in light source. The built-in light source includes a chip board, an access portion, and a light-emitting portion. The chip board is a transparent or semitran...