ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,956, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Customode Designs LLC (Little Falls, N.J.).

"Window blinds with decorative valance lighting" was invented by Matthew Eisenberg (Wayne, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A window blind assembly having a headrail supporting a plurality of slats depending therefrom and an aesthetic valance attached to the headrail for concealing the headrail further comprises a plurality of light mount assemblies attached to the headrail. Each light mount assembly has a support, a headrail clip attached to a first end of the support and engages the headrail, and a light clip attached to a second end of the suppo...