ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,130, issued on June 23, was assigned to NetZero Fireplaces Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).
"Artificial fireplace for displaying an artificial fire pattern" was invented by Michael Petrus Van Schie (Rotterdam, Netherlands) and Beyko Martijn Eli Van Melick (Belfeld, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a display device for an artificial fireplace, configured to display a fireplace video that at least comprises flames. The display devise comprises a backlight source, which comprises a plurality of LEDs, which are disposed in an LED pattern, wherein the backlight source is configured to emit light with t...