ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,395,373, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Lutron Technology Co. LLC (Coopersburg, Pa.).

"Load control system having audio output devices" was invented by Christopher M. Jones (St. Davids, Pa.), Neil R. Orchowski (Plymouth Meeting, Pa.) and David T. Saveri III (Nazareth, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system may comprise a plurality of audio output devices (e.g., controllable speakers), and a remote control device having at least one button for selecting a preset, where the preset defines different commands for at least two of the audio output devices. The at least two audio output devices may be configured to be controlle...