ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,739,956, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Lutron Technolgy Co. LLC (Coopersburg, Pa.).

"Automatic configuration of a control module for a lighting fixture" was invented by Jessica Bardio (Somerville, Mass.), Andrew Karl Cooney (Boynton Beach, Fla.) and Alexander S. Petersen (Bethlehem, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control module may control a control device of a load control system. The control module may include a connector that can be coupled to the control device for receiving power and communicating with the control device. The control module may include a first wired communication circuit may be coupled to the third and ...