ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,378, issued on April 14, was assigned to Lutron Technology Co. LLC (Coopersburg, Pa.).

"Load control device for a light-emitting diode light source" was invented by Stuart W. DeJonge (Riegelsville, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A load control device for controlling the amount of power delivered to an electrical load is able to operate in a normal mode and a burst mode. The load control device may comprise a control circuit that activates an inverter circuit during active state periods and deactivates the inverter circuit during inactive state periods. The control circuit may operate in the normal mode to regulate an average mag...