ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,756, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Lutron Technology Co. LLC (Coopersburg, Pa.).

"Controllable electrical outlet with a controlled wired output" was invented by Daniel C. Raneri (Orefield, Pa.), Joseph C. Guellnitz (Albrightsville, Pa.) and Joel S. Spira (Coopersburg, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A controllable electrical outlet may be used to control one or more standard electrical outlets. The controllable electrical outlet may include a first connection configured to be electrically coupled to a hot connection, a second connection configured to be electrically coupled to a standard electrical outlet, and a third connect...