ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,290, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Belgravia Wood Ltd. (Road Town, British Virgin Islands).

"Systems and methods for water resistant decorative light strings" was invented by Chi Yin Alan Leung (Apleichau, Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a water-resistant decorative lighting system having a plurality of lamp assemblies and a wiring harness having two or more insulating conductors and configured to electrically connect the plurality of lamp assemblies. Each lamp assembly of the plurality of lamp assemblies includes a lamp holder, a light source, a waterproofing device, and an outer bulb. T...