ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,235, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to POLYGROUP MACAU Ltd. (BVI) (Road Town, British Virgin Islands).

"Pool liner with LED light strings" was invented by Chaolong Lan (Shenzhen, China) and Victor Hugo Ocegueda Gallaga (Tijuana, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for attaching pool accessories, such as LED light strings, to a pool liner. The systems and methods for attaching pool accessories can comprise a re-scalable pocket attached to a pool liner where the re-scalable pocket can hold a LED light string or another pool accessory."

The patent was filed on Aug. 22...