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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
John W Shaffer, Danvers, MA (US);
Assignee:
GTE Products Corporation, Danvers, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
313619 ;
Abstract
A negative glow discharge lamp having improved color stability and increased life includes a light-transmitting envelope which contains an ionizable medium including mercury and a gaseous fill. The gaseous fill includes neon and a predetermined amount of krypton. The krypton is in an amount equal to less than five percent of the gaseous fill.