ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,089, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Willis Electric Co. Ltd. (Taipei, Taiwan).
"Modular lighted tree" was invented by Johnny Chen (Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighted artificial tree includes a first tree portion including a first trunk portion, first branches joined to the first trunk portion, and a first light string. The first trunk portion has a trunk connector and a first trunk wiring assembly, the first trunk wiring assembly is electrically connectable to the first light string and the trunk connector, and at least a portion of the first wiring assembly is located inside the first portion. The second tre...