ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,615, issued on March 24, was assigned to Black & Decker Inc. (New Britain, Conn.).

"Battery powered light" was invented by Oleksiy P. Sergyeyenko (Baldwin, Md.), Patrick J. Tilson (Parkville, Md.) and Sean M. Bailey (Baltimore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a battery powered light. The light includes a removable battery pack and a base portion which receives the battery pack. A light section is operably connected to the base section. The light section includes a light generator which produces light. The light further includes a mount. The mount is movable so that the mount can attach to a variety of...