ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,097, issued on May 13, was assigned to Lutron Technology Co. LLC (Coopersburg, Pa.).
"Controlling groups of electrical loads" was invented by Robert C. Newman Jr. (Emmaus, Pa.), Shan Shi (Hellertown, Pa.) and Jaykrishna A. Shukla (Mays Landing, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A load control system may include control devices for controlling electrical loads. The control devices may include load control devices, such as a lighting device for controlling an amount of power provided to a lighting load, and controller devices, such as a remote control device configured to transmit digital messages for controlling the lighting load vi...