ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,903, issued on April 7, was assigned to ARTEMIDE S.P.A. (Italy).

"Lighting system" was invented by Carlotta Francesca Isolina Maria De Bevilacqua (Milan), Paolo Leoni (Milan), Daniele Moioli (Milan) and Andrea Gallucci (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighting system comprises a band-shaped base element extending along an axis; a plurality of first support elements connected to the base element and provided with fixing members to an external surface, for example a ceiling; and a plurality of lighting devices supported by the base element; the base element comprises a band body longitudinally elongated along the axis and made o...