ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,323, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Peco Foods Inc. (Tuscaloosa, Ala.).

"Lighting system for poultry houses" was invented by Roddy Sanders (Tuscaloosa, Ala.), Steve Mclaurin (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) and Cameron Sanders (Tuscaloosa, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighting system for a poultry house is disclosed which includes a plurality of lights movable in the vertical direction, projecting light to different areas of the poultry house at prearranged times and projecting light of different intensity in the poultry house at prearranged times through the raising and lowering of the height of the lights. The lighting system provid...