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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2014
GE Lighting Solutions, Llc, East Cleveland, OH (US);
Dengke Cai, Willoughby, OH (US);
Matthew A. Bugenske, East Cleveland, OH (US);
Michael Vincent Yee, East Cleveland, OH (US);
Cherian Jacob, East Cleveland, OH (US);
Koushik Saha, Brunswick, OH (US);
Mark Edward Kaminski, East Cleveland, OH (US);
Benjamin James Ward, Beachwood, OH (US);
GE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLC, East Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A system and method according to various embodiments can include a lighting fixture comprising a light source. A multilayer thin film coated reflector is applied to an outer light emitting surface of the lighting fixture. A top layer of the multilayer thin film coated reflector comprises a material including an anatase TiO crystal structure that exhibits antimicrobial properties when activated by the light source.