ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,078, issued on April 29, was assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Outdoor luminaire for suspended mounting with sway compensation" was invented by Rene Cornelis Reuser (Velp, Netherlands) and Nicolaas Antonie Van Rijswijk (Oss, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an outdoor luminaire (10) for suspended mounting from, or attached to a line (15), the luminaire (10) comprising a first modulation unit (45) and a first antenna unit (50), the modulation unit configured to operate as a communication node in a wireless data network. The antenna unit (50), having an anisotropic radiation p...