ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,407, issued on July 8, was assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Track lighting system having led module with light guide enclosing power track" was invented by Ties Van Bommel (Horst, Netherlands) and Robert Jacob Pet (Waalre, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighting system includes an elongated power track connectable to a power supply, and a light emitting diode (LED) module configured to be connected to the power track. The LED module includes an elongated optical component and at least one LED light source. The optical component is arranged to at least partly enclose the power track when coupled...