ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,123, issued on March 25, was assigned to Reckitt & Colman (Overseas) Hygiene Home Ltd. (Slough, Great Britain).
"Candle" was invented by Martin Richard Butler (Kwun Tong, Hong Kong), Jin Wu (GuangDong, China), Guoqiang Lai (GuangDong, China), Bin Liao (GuangDong, China) and Fengyang Wang (GuangDong, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a candle which includes a base unit and a candle body which is mounted to the base unit. The candle body includes a wick and a fibre optic running therethrough. The base unit includes a light sensor configured to detect light from the wick, when lit. There is additiona...