ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,237, issued on June 30, was assigned to Titan3 Technology LLC (Tempe, Ariz.).

"Powered electrical wall plate with a touch-sensitive surface" was invented by Jeffrey P. Baldwin (Anthem, Ariz.) and John E. Klein (Chandler, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powered wall plate with a wall plate, an electrical circuit, at least one light, and a touch-sensitive control switch. The wall plate has at least two electrical plug prongs extending rearward from the wall plate that are configured to receive power from an electrical device. The electrical circuit is electrically coupled to the at least two electrical plug prongs. The at least ...