ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,491, issued on June 3, was assigned to Pure Forms LLC (San Antonio).

"Bi-directional lamp" was invented by Marcus Hanna (Beverly, Mass.), Jordan Tryon (Woburn, Mass.), Hannah Polster (Beverly, Mass.), John Fiegener (Marblehead, Mass.) and Ben Mathews (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lamp with bi-directional light is provided. The lamp includes a body and a head. The head includes a first light source and a second light source. The first light source and the second light source are configured to provide light in directions perpendicular from each other."

The patent was filed on Jan. 6, 2023, under Application No. 18/151,0...