US Patent Issued to Lutron Technology on Oct. 7 for "Load control device having a capacitive touch surface" (Pennsylvania, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,543, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Lutron Technology Co. LLC (Coopersburg, Pa.).

"Load control device having a capacitive touch surface" was invented by Quinn Brogan (Hellertown, Pa.), Graham L. Christensen (Blue Bell, Pa.), Chris Dimberg (Easton, Pa.), Jonathan H. Ference (Fleetwood, Pa.), Matthew V. Harte (Stewartsville, N.J.), Matthew Philip McDonald (Phoenixville, Pa.), Dinesh Sundara Moorthy (Allentown, Pa.), Matthew W. Nuhfer (Bethlehem, Pa.), Michael W. Pessina (Allentown, Pa.), James P. Steiner (Royersford, Pa.) and Daniel L. Twaddell (Bethlehem, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device configured for use in a l...