ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 14 — Ruud Lighting, Racine, Wis., has been assigned a patent (8,348,461) developed by four co-inventors for a “LED apparatus and method for accurate lens alignment.” The co-inventors are Kurt S. Wilcox, Libertyville, Ill., Wayne Guillien, Franksville, Wis., Scot Siebers, Racine, Wis., and Joel Kapellusch, Racine, Wis.