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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:
Mar. 11, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2007
Applicant:
Steven C. Hansen, Urbana, IL (US);
Inventor:
Steven C. Hansen, Urbana, IL (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Lighting Technologies, Inc., Solon, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 7/18 (2006.01); H01K 1/56 (2006.01); C22C 18/00 (2006.01); C22C 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A pellet having a microstructure including a bismuth phase, a zinc solid solution phase, and a ZnHg phase is disclosed. A method of making a pellet including bismuth, zinc, and mercury is also disclosed. Moreover, a fluorescent lamp with a fill material including bismuth, zinc, and mercury is disclosed. Further, a method of dosing a fluorescent lamp with mercury is disclosed.