ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. RE50,569, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Lutron Technology Co. LLC (Coopersburg, Pa.).

"Asymmetric linear LED luminaire design for uniform illuminance and color" was invented by Fangxu Dong (Austin, Texas) and An Mao (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An LED lamp for illuminating a surface under a flat angle in linear lighting applications such as cove lighting and wall washing is provided. It produces a uniform intensity distribution and a uniform color output throughout the beam pattern of the light beam produced by a multi-color LED light source. The lamp comprises a body of an extruded profile. The body comprises at least...