H05B 41/28
Using static converters
Official title: using static converters
H05B41/28 (Using static converters) appears on 4,910 US grants and 3,531 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H05B- Granted patents
- 4,910
- Published applications
- 3,531
- Assignees
- 1,173
- Inventors
- 5,032
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
Filings by year
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| 2024 | 6 | 5 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 |
| 2026 | 3 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H05B 41/282With semiconductor devices2,575
- H05B 41/288With semiconductor devices and specially adapted for lamps without preheating electrodes1,313
- H05B 41/295With semiconductor devices and specially adapted for lamps with preheating electrodes808
- H05B 41/2806With semiconductor devices and specially adapted for lamps without electrodes in the282
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