ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,519, issued on July 8, was assigned to Lutron Technology Co. LLC (Coopersburg, Pa.).

"Load control device for a light-emitting diode light source" was invented by Robert D. Stevens Jr. (Emmaus, Pa.) and Matthew R. Zartman (Bethlehem, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A load control device for an electrical load is configured to operate in a normal mode and a burst mode to adjust the amount of power delivered to the electrical load. The load control device comprises a control circuit that operates in the normal mode to regulate an average magnitude of a load current conducted through the load between a maximum rated current and a mini...