ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,529, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Lighting device with multiple light sources and light guide with bend angle that equals connection angle of the connection between light sources" was invented by Peter Johannes Martinus Bukkems (Deurne, Netherlands), Barry Mos (Limburg, Netherlands), Rene Beltman (Vught, Netherlands) and Marcus Theodorus Maria Lambooij (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a lighting device, comprising multiple light sources and a light guide, enabling homogenously illuminated corners and multiple angles for light guide sy...