ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,248, issued on May 27, was assigned to MURRELEKTRONIK GMBH (Germany).

"Industrial luminaire" was invented by Bastian Baier (Oppenweiler, Germany) and Ralf Boing (Oppenweiler, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An industrial luminaire having at least two segments, a first segment including a lamp which is configured to illuminate a room and/or an environment, and a second segment including a signal generator which is configured to provide a signal as a function of an information, wherein each of the segments is adapted to be driven independently of the other segment and wherein a signal can be output and, at the same time, a room ...