ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,973, issued on March 25, was assigned to Radiant Opto-Electronics Corp. (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).

"Conductive rod and lamp including the conductive rod" was invented by Chung-Kuang Chen (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) and Guo-Hao Huang (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conductive rod includes an outer tube unit, at least one insulating member, and a conductive unit. The outer tube unit is made of conductive material, and has a first end and a second end, the first end and the second end are communicated with a tube space. The insulating member is disposed on the first end of the outer tube unit. One end of the conductive unit is po...