US Patent Issued to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on April 1 for "Circadian effective luminaire" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,267,931, issued on April 1, was assigned to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, N.Y.).

"Circadian effective luminaire" was invented by Charles Jarboe (Troy, N.Y.), Andrew Bierman (Albany, N.Y.), Mariana Gross Figueiro (Troy, N.Y.) and Mark S. Rea (Melrose, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A luminaire includes a frame, an ambient light source positioned within the frame adjacent a first end of the frame, a downlight light source positioned within the frame adjacent a second end of the frame, a diffuser connected to the frame and at least partially surrounding the ambient light source, and a reflector configured to direct light emit...