ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,316, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to SAVANT TECHNOLOGIES LLC (East Cleveland, Ohio).

"Controller and luminaire having controller" was invented by Wubin Zhang (Shanghai), Huisheng Zhou (Shanghai), Yin Suo (Shanghai), Pan Yao (Shanghai) and Sean Crawford Veit (Davidson, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a controller and a luminaire having the controller. The controller is provided in the luminaire, and may include a switch assembly provided on a side where a light outlet of the luminaire is located and configured to receive a selecting signal that is input from the outside, and a control board connected with the switch...