ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,081, issued on April 29, was assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Systems and methods for providing lighting using modular heat sink structures and lenses" was invented by Ling Chen (Peachtree City, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light fixture (50), comprising: an electronics housing (51); first and second heat sink structures (52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62) coupled to the electronics housing, wherein each heat sink structure of the first and second heat sink structures is defined at least in part by a heat sink outer arc (64) having first and second end points (72, 74), and wherein each heat sink structure is fu...