US Patent Issued to Lutron Technology on Nov. 18 for "Handling loss or removal of devices in a mesh network" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,864, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Lutron Technology Co. LLC (Coopersburg, Pa.).

"Handling loss or removal of devices in a mesh network" was invented by Jordan H. Crafts (Bethlehem, Pa.), Jason A. King (Bethlehem, Pa.) and Galen Edgar Knode (Macungie, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A load control system may include control devices configured to communicate via a network. The network may include router devices for enabling communication of messages throughout the network. A control device may operate as a router device in the network. The control device may receive advertisement messages from a leader device in the network. W...