AU2001288243A1 - Integral lamp - Google Patents

Integral lamp

Info

Publication number: AU2001288243A1
Authority: AU; Australia
Prior art keywords: integral lamp; lamp; integral
Prior art date: 2000-08-11
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Abandoned

Application number

AU2001288243A

Inventor

Michael S. Idelchik

David Joseph Kachmarik

Louis Robert Nerone

Joseph C. Oberle

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

General Electric Co

Original Assignee

General Electric Co

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2000-08-11

Filing date

2001-08-13

Publication date

2002-02-25

2001-08-13 Application filed by General Electric Co filed Critical General Electric Co

2002-02-25 Publication of AU2001288243A1 publication Critical patent/AU2001288243A1/en

Status Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- H—ELECTRICITY
- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
- H05B41/00—Circuit arrangements or apparatus for igniting or operating discharge lamps
- H05B41/02—Details

AU2001288243A 2000-08-11 2001-08-13 Integral lamp Abandoned AU2001288243A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US09/637,768 US6459215B1 (en)	2000-08-11	2000-08-11	Integral lamp
US09637768		2000-08-11
PCT/US2001/025312 WO2002015646A2 (en)	2000-08-11	2001-08-13	Integral lamp

Publications (1)

Publication Number	Publication Date
AU2001288243A1 true AU2001288243A1 (en)	2002-02-25

Family

ID=24557292

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
AU2001288243A Abandoned AU2001288243A1 (en)	2000-08-11	2001-08-13	Integral lamp

Country Status (3)

Country	Link
US (2)	US6459215B1 (en)
AU (1)	AU2001288243A1 (en)
WO (1)	WO2002015646A2 (en)

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2000
- 2000-08-11 US US09/637,768 patent/US6459215B1/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
2001
- 2001-08-13 WO PCT/US2001/025312 patent/WO2002015646A2/en not_active Ceased
- 2001-08-13 AU AU2001288243A patent/AU2001288243A1/en not_active Abandoned
2002
- 2002-08-05 US US10/212,358 patent/US7102298B2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
WO2002015646A3 (en)	2002-06-06
WO2002015646A2 (en)	2002-02-21
US7102298B2 (en)	2006-09-05
US6459215B1 (en)	2002-10-01
US20030006718A1 (en)	2003-01-09

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AU2001288243A1 (en)	2002-02-25	Integral lamp
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