ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,973, issued on June 24, was assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Adaptable track lighting system" 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: "The present invention relates to a track lighting system (1) comprising: a power track (2) having a longitudinal extension (L) and being connectable to an electric supply; a plurality of individually controllable lighting devices comprising at least one first lighting device (3) and at least one second lighting device (4), each being connectable to the power track (2), wherein the at least o...