ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,970, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Lutron Technology Co. LLC (Coopersburg, Pa.).
"Controlling groups of electrical loads" was invented by Matthew Knauss (Macungie, Pa.) and Timothy Mann (Quakertown, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The remote control device may provide feedback via the status indicator that indicates the present intensity level of a lighting device responsive to the remote control device. The remote control device may provide feedback to indicate a first present intensity level of a first lighting device when the command is a first command type, and a second present intensity level of a second lighting devic...