ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,462, issued on May 13, was assigned to SAVANT TECHNOLOGIES LLC (East Cleveland, Ohio).

"Control circuit, control method and lighting device compatible with dimmer or switch" was invented by Yimin Zhu (Shanghai), Chenyu Hu (Shanghai), Xin Qian (Shanghai) and Aijun Wang (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a control circuit, a control method and a lighting device compatible with a dimmer or switch. The dimmer or switch is connectable to a power supply input end of a light emitting module, and the control circuit includes a charging assistance module for assisting in charging of the dimmer or switch, that includes a firs...