ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,162, issued on May 27, was assigned to Lutron Technology Co. LLC (Coopersburg, Pa.).
"Method of programming a load control device" was invented by Theodore F. Economy (Bethlehem, Pa.), John C. Browne Jr. (Bethlehem, Pa.), William Bryce Fricke (Bethlehem, Pa.), Galen Edgar Knode (Macungie, Pa.), Ryan S. Bedell (West Palm Beach, Fla.) and Christopher J. Salvestrini (Allentown, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A load control device is able to receive radio-frequency (RF) signals from a Wi-Fi-enabled device, such as a smart phone, via a wireless local area network. The load control device comprises a controllably conductive device adap...