ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,246, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Sensor Electronic Technology Inc. (Columbia, S.C.).
"Faucet illumination" was invented by Piyush Sharma (Columbia, S.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Mounting hardware for a faucet including one or more light sources for illumination. The light source(s) can be configured to emit light from one or more vertically oriented surfaces of the mounting hardware. One or more sensors can acquire sensor data that can be used to control operation of the light source(s). The light sources can include visible and/or ultraviolet light sources. When included, the ultraviolet light can be directed onto one o...