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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:
Nov. 17, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Romano G Pappalardo, Sudbury, MA (US);
Assignee:
GTE Products Corporation, Danvers, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
313487 ; 313485 ; 313486 ;
Abstract
A fluorescent lamp has a coating on the interior surface of the glass envelope comprising an alkaline earth metal halophosphate phosphor and a quad-phosphor blend wherein the combination of phosphors result in a predetermined color point from about 2700 to about 4200 K on or near the Planckian locus where the alkaline earth metal halophosphate phosphor comprises a blend of halophosphate phosphors having a color temperature substantially matching the color temperature of the quad-blend which includes an europium activated aluminate as a phosphor component.