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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8143769 | Light emitting diode (LED) lighting device An LED lighting device comprises: a thermally conducting body having an at least one opening that connects with a cavity within the body and a plurality of LEDs mounted in thermal communication with a face of the body and positioned around the opening. One or more p... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8133461 | Nano-YAG:Ce phosphor compositions and their methods of preparation Disclosed herein are cerium doped, garnet phosphors emitting in the yellow region of the spectrum, and having the general formula (Y,A)3(Al,B)5(O,C)12:Ce3+, where A is Tb, Gd, Sm, La, Sr, Ba, Ca, and/or Mg, and substitutes... | 03/13/2012 |
| D650120 | Optical component for an LED lamp | 12/06/2011 |
| D650119 | Optical component for an LED lamp | 12/06/2011 |
| D650118 | Optical component for an LED lamp | 12/06/2011 |
| 8049996 | Coherent spin valve and related devices Embodiments of the present invention are directed toward the field of spintronics, and in particular, systems and devices capable of performing spin coherent quantum logic operations. The inventive spin valve comprises two ferromagnetic electrode layers, and a non-m... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8022009 | Process for synthesizing LiFeMZO/ carbon and LiMZO/ carbon composite materials The present invention provides a cost effective process of generating LixMyZO4/carbon composite material. Further, this novel method of preparation can be modified by adding a dopant and the calcinations can be carried out using micr... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8017035 | Silicate-based yellow-green phosphors Novel phosphor systems are disclosed having the formula A2SiO4:Eu2+D, where A is at least one of a divalent metal selected from the group consisting of Sr, Ca, Ba, Mg, Zn, and Cd; and D is a dopant selected from the group consisting ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7972030 | Light emitting diode (LED) based lighting systems A lighting system comprises at least one excitation source (5), preferably an LED, operable to generate and radiate excitation radiation of a first wavelength (λ1); a shade (4) configured to at least in part surround the at least one source... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7945335 | Remotely RF powered conformable thermal applicators Embodiments of the present invention are generally related to apparatus and methodology of thermal applicators in cancer therapy. In particular, the present embodiments are directed to a technique called “nanoparticle ferromagnetic resonance heating,” where ferr... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7937865 | Light emitting sign and display surface therefor A light emitting sign comprising a light emitting display surface including at least one phosphor, and at least one radiation source configured to irradiate the display surface with excitation energy such that the phosphor emits light of a selected color. The sign f... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7922937 | Two-phase silicate-based yellow phosphor Novel two-phase yellow phosphors are disclosed having a peak emission intensity at wavelengths ranging from about 555 nm to about 580 nm when excited by a radiation source having a wavelength ranging from 220 nm to 530 nm. The present phosphors may be represented by... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7915627 | Light emitting device with phosphor wavelength conversion A light emitting device comprises an excitation source (20), one or more light emitting diode(s) operable to generate excitation light of a first wavelength range (λ1) and a light emitting surface (14) having a phosphor material (26)... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7906041 | Silicate-based green phosphors in red-green-blue (RGB) backlighting and white illumination systems Novel green phosphors are disclosed having the comprise silicate-based compounds having the formula (Sr,A1)x(Si,A2)(O,A3)2+x:Eu2+, where A1 is at least one divalent cation (a 2+ ion) includ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7887719 | Phosphor systems for a white light emitting diode (LED) Novel phosphor systems for a white LED are disclosed. The phosphor systems are excited by a non-visible to near-UV radiation source having an excitation wavelength ranging from about 250 to 420 nm. The phosphor system may comprise one phosphor, two phosphors, and ma... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7883226 | LED signal lamp An LED signal lamp (100) comprises: a housing (102), at least one LED excitation source (108) operable to emit excitation radiation of a first wavelength range (blue light), at least one phosphor material (114) for converting at least a p... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7846862 | Methanol oxidation catalyst A methanol oxidation catalyst is provided, which includes nanoparticles having a composition represented by the following formula 1: PtxRuyTzQu formula 1 In the formula 1, the T-element is at least ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7845839 | Light emitting display A light emitting display for generating a selectable character (number, letter or alphanumeric character) comprises a plurality of independently operable light emitting display elements (segments). Each display element comprises: a light guiding medium having a ligh... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7830434 | Semiconductor color image sensor responsive at shorter wavelengths A semiconductor color image sensor comprises: an array of semiconductor photo-sensors (CMOS or CCD) and a color filter array comprising an array of red, green and blue filter elements in which each filter element is associated with a respective one of the photo-sens... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7820075 | Phosphor composition with self-adjusting chromaticity Disclosed herein are “smart” phosphor compositions capable of regulating the chromaticity of their emission to substantially constant values even with variations in the excitation radiation they receive to induce photoluminescence. One phosphor of the smart comp... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7755276 | Aluminate-based green phosphors Novel aluminate-based green phosphors are disclosed having the formula M1−xEuxMg1−yMnyAlzO[(x+y)+3z/2]; where 0.1 | 07/13/2010 |
| 7754656 | Production of nano-powder based combinatorial libraries The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for synthesizing combinatorial materials libraries using pyrolysis techniques. In certain embodiments, the methods involve varying the precursors and/or reactant gases in an operating pyrolysis unit to continuou... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7737636 | LED assembly with an LED and adjacent lens and method of making same An LED assembly having an LED and a lens disposed adjacent to a light emitting surface of the LED. The area of cross-section of the lens projected onto the light emitting surface of the LED is substantially equal to or less than the area of the LED's light emitting ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7736536 | Compositions comprising a mixture of a BAM phosphor and at least one other hexaaluminate Disclosed herein are phosphor compositions comprising a BAM phosphor BaMgAl10O17:Eu2+ and at least one other hexaaluminate that may also be europium activated. The BAM may be mixed with any number of different kinds of heaxaaluminate... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7723260 | Methanol oxidation catalyst A methanol oxidation catalyst is provided, which includes nanoparticles having a composition represented by the following formula (1): PtxRuyMozTu (1) In the formula (1), the T-element is at least on... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7704923 | High throughput screening of catalysts using spin resonance High throughput screening of catalyst libraries may be performed using spin resonance techniques, and an evanescent wave probe developed by the present inventors. The probe may operate using either nuclear magnetic resonance or electron spin resonance techniques. In... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7703943 | Color tunable light source A color tunable light source comprises: a first light emitting diode (LED) arrangement operable to emit light of a first color and a second LED arrangement operable to emit light of a second color, the combined light output comprising the output of the source. One o... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7655157 | Doped cadmium tungstate scintillator with improved radiation hardness This invention provides novel cadmium tungstate scintillator materials that show improved radiation hardness. In particular, it was discovered that doping of cadmium tungstate (CdWO4) with trivalent metal ions or monovalent metal ions is particularly effe... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7655156 | Silicate-based orange phosphors Novel orange phosphors are disclosed having the comprise silicate-based compounds having the formula (Sr,A1)x,(Si,A2)(O,A3)2+x:Eu2+, where A1 is at least one divalent cation (a 2+ ion) incl... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7648650 | Aluminum-silicate based orange-red phosphors with mixed divalent and trivalent cations Novel aluminum-silicate based orange-red phosphors, with mixed di- and trivalent cations are disclosed. The phosphors have the formula (Sr1−x−yMxTy)3−mEum(Si1−zAlz)O5, wh... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7611913 | Ferroelectric rare-earth manganese-titanium oxides Ferroelectric rare-earth manganese-titanium oxides and methods of their manufacture. The ferroelectric materials can provide nonvolatile data storage in rapid access memory devices. ... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7601276 | Two-phase silicate-based yellow phosphor Novel two-phase yellow phosphors are disclosed having a peak emission intensity at wavelengths ranging from about 555 nm to about 580 nm when excited by a radiation source having a wavelength ranging from 220 nm to 530 nm. The present phosphors may be represented by... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7597817 | Magnetic doped perovskite oxides Novel metal oxide compositions are disclosed. These ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic compositions have resitivities that vary between those of semiconducting and insulating materials, and they further exhibit Curie temperatures greater than room temperature (i.e., gre... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7575697 | Silicate-based green phosphors Novel green phosphors are disclosed having the comprise silicate-based compounds having the formula (Sr,A1)x(Si,A2)(O,A3)2+x:Eu2+, where A1 is at least one divalent cation (a 2+ ion) includ... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7569764 | Solar modules with tracking and concentrating features Disclosed are fixed solar-electric modules having arrays of solar concentrator assemblies capable of separately tracking movements through one or two degrees of rotational freedom to follow the movement of the sun daily and/or seasonally. The concentrators can inclu... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7557356 | Camera-based x-ray digital image detector A camera-based x-ray digital image detectors can contain an assembly of a scintillator screen, a wide-angle optical lens or fisheye lens, and a digital image sensor. Images formed by x-ray radiation on the scintillator screen can be projected onto a much smaller are... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7541728 | Display device with aluminate-based green phosphors Novel aluminate-based green phosphors are disclosed having the formula M1−xEuxAlyO1+3y/2, where M is at least one of a divalent metal selected from the group consisting of Ba, Sr, Ca, Mg, Mn, Zu, Cu, Cd, Sm, and Tm; 0.1 | 06/02/2009 |
| 7450327 | Coherent spin valve and related devices Embodiments of the present invention are directed toward the field of spintronics, and in particular, systems and devices capable of performing spin coherent quantum logic operations. The inventive spin valve comprises two ferromagnetic electrode layers, and a non-m... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7432006 | Electrochemical probe for screening multiple-cell arrays Novel systems for combinatorially screening an array of electrochemical cells are disclosed. The screening aparatus may comprise a system of electrodes and electrolytes common to each of the members of an electrochemical cell array. An electrochemical probe is used ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7399428 | Compositions comprising high light-output yellow phosphors and their methods of preparation Embodiments of the present invention are directed to compositions and processing methods of rare-earth vanadate based materials that have high emission efficiency in a wavelength range of 480 to 700 nm with the maximum intensity at 535 nm (bright yellow) under UV, X... | 07/15/2008 |
