ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,027, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Reliable and security-aware communication in a hybrid wireless network" was invented by Octavio Alejandro Santana Arnaiz Sr. (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Xiangyu Wang (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Armand Michel Marie Lelkens (Heerlen, Netherlands) and Leendert Teunis Rozendaal (Valkenswaard, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a wireless system 100 running multiple applications at the same time, such as for both lighting control and asset tracking. A node 200 comprised in the wireless system 100 is capable to oper...