(19)
(11) EP 1 412 098 A2

(12)

(88) Date of publication A3:
26.02.2004

(43) Date of publication:
28.04.2004 Bulletin 2004/18

(21) Application number: 00978609.6

(22) Date of filing: 15.11.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B05D 5/06, B05D 5/00, C23C 16/40
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2000/031216
(87) International publication number:
WO 2001/036559 (25.05.2001 Gazette 2001/21)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 19.11.1999 US 166619 P

(71) Applicant: OSRAM SYLVANIA INC.
Danvers, MA 01923 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • FAN, Chen-Wen
    Sayre, PA 18840 (US)
  • REILLY, Kenneth T.
    Towanda, PA 18848 (US)
  • GINGERICH, Richard, G., W.
    Towanda, PA 18848 (US)
  • BENJAMIN, Dale E.
    Athens, PA 18810 (US)

(74) Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & SchwanhäusserAnwaltssozietät 
Maximilianstrasse 58
80538 München
80538 München (DE)

   


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