ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,467, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Lutron Technology Co. LLC (Coopersburg, Pa.).

"Network access coordination of load control devices" was invented by Jeremy Thomas Neyhart (Bethlehem, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus may control the power delivered from an AC power source to an electrical load, and may comprise a controllably conductive device. The apparatus may also comprise a controller that may be operatively coupled to a control input of the controllably conductive device. The apparatus may also include a first wireless communication circuit operable to communicate via a first protocol and to join a first wi...