ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,309,477, issued on May 20, was assigned to Windy Place Inc. (Seattle).

"Lighting and power devices and modules" was invented by Cindy Gantz (Seattle), Jackie Wallace (San Francisco) and Jean Tripier (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electronic device cases and lighting and power devices and modules are described. A case for a portable electronic device may include a rim portion defining an opening for a display of the portable electronic device and one or more light sources adjacent to the rim portion. A lighting device may include one or more light sources for illuminating a user's face during use of a camera of a portable e...