ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,436, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Lutron Technology Co. LLC (Coopersburg, Pa.).

"State retention load control system" was invented by Ankit Bhutani (Aston, Pa.), Timothy Mann (Quakertown, Pa.) and David T. Saveri III (Nazareth, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A load control system may include control devices for controlling power provided to an electrical load. The control devices may include an input device and a load control device. The load control system may include a hub device. The hub device may include a communication circuit and a control circuit. The communication circuit may be configured to receive a digital me...