ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,200, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Wangs Alliance Corp. (Port Washington, N.Y.).

"LED lighting methods and apparatus" was invented by Basar Erdener (Millbrook, N.Y.) and Voravit Puvanakijjakorn (Port Washington, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "LED related lighting methods and apparatus are described. Various features relate to water tight light fixtures. Some of the fixtures are spotlights while other fixture are intended for in ground use. The light fixtures in at least some embodiments include power control features. In spotlight embodiments beam angle and power or light output can be controlled without opening the light a...