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Article: U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Maine (Dec. 15)
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Maine.
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Maine Inventors Develop Fluorescent Lamp Cathode
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Bruce R. Tremblay of Minot, Maine, and Kevin L. McLoughlin of Auburn, Maine, have developed cathodes for fluorescent lamp.
The patent has been assigned to Elmet Technologies, Inc., Lewiston, Maine.
According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making cathodes includes forming a first intermediate assembly having a current wire in juxtaposition with an outer mandrel wire and a basket wire wound around the first two wires. The first intermediate assembly ...