ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,739,970, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to CoreLED Systems LLC (Livonia, Mich.).

"Illuminated signage and badges" was invented by John Kahl (Troy, Mich.), Nadia Zelikovskaya (Plymouth, Mich.), Derek Mallory (Northville, Mich.) and Brian C. Wells (Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An illuminated sign includes a printed circuit board a plurality of light emitting diodes mounted on the printed circuit board; a reflective layer disposed over the printed circuit board, the reflective layer being patterned to expose the light emitting diodes and a predetermined area around each of the light emitting diodes; an option...