ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,143, issued on June 23, was assigned to Hunan Zhida Technology Co. Ltd. (Chenzhou, China).

"Serial-type light string and installation method" was invented by Li Chen (Chenzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments of the disclosure provide a serial-type light string and an installation method. The serial-type light string includes: a wire group including a positive wire, a negative wire and a connecting wire provided with a plurality of disconnecting holes; and a plurality of light-emitting assemblies arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the disconnecting holes. Each of the light-emitting assemblies includes a ...