ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,525, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Outdoor luminaire for a streetlight" was invented by Nicolaas Antonie Van Rijswijk (Oss, Netherlands), Noud Johannes Fleuren (Baarlo, Netherlands), Kwan Nai Lee (Veldhoven, Netherlands), Rene Cornelis Reuser (Velp, Netherlands), David Cavaliere (Quebec, Canada), Ronald Johannes Gelten (Geldriop, Netherlands) and Ties Van Bommel (Horst, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An outdoor luminaire with wireless functionality. A canopy is coupled to an uppermost surface or portion of a luminaire housing containing a light source. The volume bounde...