ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,473, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Lighting device having a non-uniform volumetric diffuser with open and/or closed cells" was invented by Martinus Hermanus Wilhelmus Maria Van Delden (Venlo, Netherlands), Simon Jacobus Maria Kuppens (Geldrop, Netherlands), Peter Johannes Martinus Bukkems (Deurne, Netherlands) and Barry Mos (Bocholt, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a lighting device (10), comprising: at least one light source (12) adapted to emit light (28a, 28b); a uniform diffuser (20) forming a light exit window of the lighting device; and...