The European Patent Office review released to keep LED Dow Corning optical package silicone patent

Dow Corning announced that the European Patent Office patent number said no. EP-1556443 will remain effective. This patent is the hands of Dow Corning intellectual property product line, high refractive index (RI) phenyl silicone rubber technology optical package.

This package can provide better light output performance, enhance reliability and other advantages of high brightness LED lighting required.

In a rapidly changing market in Europe, the European Patent Office decision has great influence on the layout of the status of intellectual property of Dow corning. The integrity of the patent is of strategic importance, and also has a production base in the Dow Corning LED all over the world, such as the United States, Japan, South Korea and Chinese.

The European Patent Office on March 27, 2013 issued patent No. EP-1556443 intellectual property is very important under the Dow corning. Shortly after the release, the European Patent Office received two objections raised by the unit, called for the cancellation of the patent.

However, after a review of the European Patent Office, plus some slightly revised, the European Patent Office on June 21, 2016 formally put forward the patent of Dow Corning will continue to maintain the effectiveness of. (compile: LEDinside editor, Zhang Yahan)

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