ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,226, issued on June 30, was assigned to Dongguan Huanhui Technology Co. Ltd. (Dongguan City, China).

"Sealed and waterproof light-emitting diode (LED) light string structure" was invented by Wei Wang (Dongguan City, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments of the disclosure provide a sealed and waterproof light-emitting diode (LED) light string structure. In some examples, the sealed and waterproof light-emitting diode (LED) light string structure includes a series-connected wire. The series-connected wire is connected to a plurality of lamp holders, and the lamp holders are detachably connected to LED bulbs. In other ex...