ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,610,450, issued on April 21.

"Circuit, circuit board, and heat sink assembly for retrofitting a lighting system with LED lights" was invented by Timothy A. Barker (Oskaloosa, Iowa), Alan W. Sheldon (Pella, Iowa), Aric D. Klyn (Pella, Iowa), Mark W. Kubovich (Johnston, Iowa), Frank L. Baldwin (Madrid, Iowa) and Kevin A. Jankowski (Polk City, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for retrofitting a HID lighting system includes using existing components of previously installed HID lighting systems such as its ballasts while replacing some capacitors to adjust the power supplied to a retrofit LED luminaire. Unused ballast drivers...