ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,449, issued on May 13, was assigned to Lutron Technology Co. LLC (Coopersburg, Pa.).
"Battery-powered retrofit remote control device" was invented by Chris Dimberg (Easton, Pa.), Timothy S. Majewski (New Tripoli, Pa.), Robert C. Newman Jr. (Emmaus, Pa.), Daniel Curtis Raneri (Boston) and Matthew J. Swatsky (Allentown, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A remote control device may be configured to be mounted over the toggle actuator of a light switch and to control a load control device via wireless communication. The remote control device may include a base portion and a rotating portion supported by the base portion so as to be rota...