ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,345, issued on April 15, was assigned to Lynk Labs Inc. (Elgin, Ill.).

"Light emitting diode and LED drive apparatus" was invented by Michael Miskin (Sleepy Hollow, Ill.), James N. Andersen (Elmwood Park, Ill.) and Robert L. Kottritsch (Shefford Bedfordshire, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighting device is disclosed. The example lighting device includes a printed circuit board. First and second LED circuits and respective first and second driver circuit are mounted on the printed circuit board. The first LED circuit is configured to emit a first color temperature of white light when receiving power from the first dri...