ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,267,638, issued on April 1, was assigned to SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS (Rueil Malmaison, France).

"Electrical equipment including a backlit badge and an infrared receiver" was invented by Dominique Susini (Rueil Malmaison, France), Arnaud Ferreira (Rueil Malmaison, France) and Arnaud Coffinet (Rueil Malmaison, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electrical equipment includes a badge positioned over a hole of the housing, the badge comprising a first portion made at least of a first material that is transparent or translucent to visible light, and a second portion made at least of a second material that is opaque to visible light and transp...