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Fluorescent lamp with conductive coating

  • US 7,378,797 B2
  • Filed: 12/16/2005
  • Issued: 05/27/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A fluorescent lamp comprising:

  • a glass envelope having an exterior surface;

    a first electrode and a second electrode located within the glass envelope;

    and a transparent electrically conductive material affixed to the exterior surface of the glass envelope, the transparent electrically conductive material extending between the vicinity of the first electrode and the vicinity of the second electrode and providing a path for an electric current to pass between the first electrode and the second electrode so as to reduce the open circuit voltage required to start the fluorescent lamp, and wherein the transparent electrically conductive material absorbs less than approximately two percent of the light emitted by the fluorescent lamp.

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