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(43) Date of publication: 04.02.1998 Bulletin 1998/06 (21) Application number: 96913001.0 (22) Date of filing: 22.04.1996

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  F21S 2/ 00( . ) H01J 65/ 04( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1996/005556 (87) International publication number: WO 1996/033509 (24.10.1996 Gazette 1996/47)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI NL PT SE (30) Priority: 21.04.1995 US 19950426603 (71) Applicant: FUSION LIGHTING, INC. Rockville, MD 20855 (US)	(72) Inventor: SIMPSON, James, E. Gaithersburg, MD 20877 (US) (74) Representative: Schwepfinger, Karl-Heinz, Dipl.-Ing.  Prinz & Partner, Manzingerweg 7 81241 München 81241 München (DE)