2019-09-17

Intematix Files Appeal in China against Mitsubishi Chemical Regarding Red Nitride Phosphor Patent

On July 31, 2019, Mitsubishi Chemical reported that it has obtained a judgement recognizing the infringement of its patent for red phosphor in China by the defendants, U.S.-based Intematix Corporation, its affiliate in China, Intematix Suzhou Lighting and its sales agency, GrandLux Optoelectronics. In response, Intematix and Intematix Optoelectronics (Suzhou) filed an appeal at the Beijing Higher People’s Court explaining how the Court’s decision was improper in view of the applicable law and facts. Intermatix also noted that according to the pr...
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2014-11-05

Intematix Appoints Jerry Turin as Chief Financial Officer

Intematix Corporation, a leading manufacturer of phosphor solutions for LED lighting, today announced Jerry Turin as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer.  Most recently,Turin served as Chief Financial officer of Oclaro, which scaled to a peak of $600M revenue run-rate from $250M during his tenure.  Turin will direct the Company’s financial strategy and finance team.
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2014-09-10

Intematix and SABIC Collaborate to Deliver Increased Efficiency Solutions for LED systems

ntematix Corporation, a leading manufacturer of phosphor solutions for LED lighting, has collaborated with SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business to create the ChromaLit Linear - a state of the art LED offering developed for the lighting industry. By using Intematix’s remote phosphor technology and SABIC’s LEXAN™ LUX resins,  lighting customers can now achieve the energy efficiency and reliability benefits of LEDs, while also experiencing increased optical efficiency and better light uniformity—a critical factor for commercial environments.
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2014-06-13

Intematix Releases High CRI Phosphor Powder in Face of Industry Patent Wars

What can manufacturers do when phosphor powder prices plunge? Should these manufacturers follow others lead and slash prices to keep market shares, or should they stand on the sidelines as spectators? How can manufacturers change their market strategies?
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2014-06-06

Mitsubishi Chemical Wins Appeal Against Intematix for Red Phosphor Patent

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation and National Institute for Materials Science today announced that the Patent Court of Korea rejected an appeal by U.S.-based Intematix Corporation contesting a patent for red phosphor owned by MCC and NIMS (Korean Patent No. 816693) — a material used extensively in light-emitting diodes (LEDs). 
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2013-12-18

Intematix Announces Issuance of Red Nitride Phosphor Patents for LED Lighting

Intematix Corp., a leading manufacturer of phosphor solutions for LED lighting, today announced that U.S. patent No. 8,597,545 was issued on December 3, 2013 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. This patent covers novel formulations for red emitting, nitride based phosphors and include products in the company’s XR phosphor product family. This award extends Intematix’s innovation leadership in phosphors that improve the performance of LED lighting.
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2013-11-20

Intematix Introduces Remote Phosphor Product for 150W LED Retrofit Lamps

Intematix Corp., a leading innovator of patented phosphor solutions for high-quality LED lighting, today announced the volume shipments of their remote phosphor component that enables 150W equivalent LED retrofit lamps. This production release adds to the product family already enabling 40W, 60W, 75W and 100W bulb replacements all using a similar omnidirectional form factor.
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2013-11-06

Philips Lumileds and Intematix Develop Remote Phosphor LED Lighting Module

Intematix Corporation, a leading manufacturer of phosphor solutions and Philips Lumileds, a leading LED supplier, today announced a remote phosphor-based LED lighting module with 203 lumens per watt efficacy. It is believed that this module represents the highest level of efficacy among LED-based light sources commercially available for production in the market today.
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2013-09-26

Intematix Announces Issuance of GAL Phosphor Patents for LED Lighting

Intematix Corp., a leading manufacturer of phosphor solutions for LED lighting, announced that patents covering its green and yellow GAL® phosphor products and certain LuAG phosphors have been issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Patent numbers 8,529,791 and 8,475,683 regarding green and yellow emitting, garnet-based phosphors used in lighting and display applications were issued on September 10, 2013 and July 2, 2013, respectively. Intematix GAL phosphors enable exceptional performance for LED lighting compared to other options in these color ranges.
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2013-04-12

Intematix Recevies New Remote Phosphors Patent

Intematix Corporation has been awarded a new U.S. patent. Patent 8,376,580 for LED based lightingsSystems is related to the firm's remote phosphor technology. This patent marks the 21st remote phosphor patent the company has received. This new patent contains broad and fundamental claims covering a wide variety of remote phosphor systems and applications. Allowed claims cover various two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes used in remote phosphor systems. Application coverage includes remote phosphor systems where the phosphor is provided as a surface layer on a c...
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2013-04-08

Feit Electric,Intematix Introduces Low Cost 100W LED Light Bulb

Intematix Corporation, and Feit Electric, announced a 100-watt equivalent LED light bulb is now available in all Lowe’s stores nationwide and on Lowes.com for under $35. This new Utilitech PRO product follows the January 2013 launch of a 75-watt equivalent LED light bulb available at Lowe’s for less than $25. The Utilitech PRO LED bulbs, produced by Feit Electric, feature Intematix’s ChromaLit™ remote phosphor technology. The Utilitech PRO 100W LED bulb features include: •    300 degree lighting distrib...
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2013-02-12

Intematix and Mitsubishi Chemical LED Patent Update: Court Defers Taking Any Enforcement Action

Intematix Corporation, an innovator of patented phosphors and phosphor components for high-quality LED lighting, provided an update on its patent infringement litigation in South Korea with Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation.
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2013-01-25

Intematix Introduces Remote Phosphor for LED High Bay Lighting

Intematix has announced availability of its reference design for a low cost, high light quality and efficient LED high bay lighting system using remote phosphor technology. Intematix remote phosphors convert light from blue LEDs into white light up to 30% more efficiently than conventional white LEDs. As a consequence of increased efficacy, remote phosphor reduces costs for lighting systems by implementing fewer LEDs and other components and by cutting power consumption. The new 22,000 lumen light engine, based on a novel architecture, exceeds performance levels of traditi...
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2013-01-11

Intematix Introduces Red Nitride Phosphor for LED Lighting

Intematix introduces its XR Series of red nitride phosphors for use in extending the color spectrum of LEDs. XR brings Intematix's total number of long wavelength phosphor offerings to six. Long wavelength phosphors play a central role in extending the color range of LED applications like general lighting and displays including TVs, monitors and tablets. Intematix's product offering includes the XR, Ruby, LWR, ER and R red nitrides as well as the Orange silicate platform. The company holds over 400 patents and patent applications worldwide in LED lig...
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2012-12-06

Intematix Improves Its Phosphors Performance for LED by 10%

Intematix lately has enhanced its ChromaLit Ellipse, Candle and Dome remote phosphor products, which result in an average ten percent increase in light output and reduced system cost for lighting system manufacturers. “Higher lumens-per-watt means fewer LEDs and smaller heat-sinks in our customers’ products,” says Herb Schlegel, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Intematix. “While lowering costs, our ChromaLit Candle and Dome products also improve light quality and uniformity in applications like light bulbs, pendants and sconces.” ...
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2012-10-12

Intematix New Red Nitride Phosphors for LED Applications

Intematix Ruby Series, backed by latest Intematix patent, is ideal for high-quality LED lighting Intematix has released the Ruby series of red nitride phosphors that enable exceptional efficacy, color rendering and reliability for high-power LEDs.These unique phosphors, backed by Intematix U.S. patent No. 8,274,215, are ideal for applications like general lighting and backlighting for LCD TVs. According to Yi-Qun Li, Chief Technology Officer for Intematix, “Building on a decade of innovative work in phosphor, our substantial investments in material...
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2012-09-28

Intematix Issued Red Nitride LED Phosphor Patent

Intematix Corporation has been issued its patent covering red nitride phosphor compositions used in LEDs by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The patent was allowed in August and officially issued on September 25th 2012. Intematix’s U.S. Patent No. 8,274,215, entitled “Nitride-based Red Phosphors” is the 18th U.S. patent issued to Intematix in the area of LED phosphors and the 71st U.S Patent overall. “Our novel chemical formulation lowers the concentration of oxygen impurities in the material structure...
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2012-08-29

Arrow Electronics Becomes Global Distribution for Intematix ChromaLit Remote Phosphor

Arrow Electronics has signed a global distribution agreement with Intematix Corporation to deliver ChromaLit™ remote phosphor components for LED lighting. Compared to conventional LED designs, where blue chips are coated with a phosphor compound, ChromaLit, now available through Arrow Electronics, uses a phosphor composite separated from the blue LED energy source. This architecture provides reduced system costs, more efficient manufacturing processes, exceptional light quality and up to 30 percent higher system efficacy. “Intematix ChromaLit remote ...
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2012-07-20

Intematix Prepares to Conduct a Registered IPO

LED phosphor supplier Intematix has intended to conduct a registered initial public offering (IPO) of its common stock. The IPO is expected to commence after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) completes the review process initiated by Intematix’s confidential submission on July 13, 2012 of its draft registration statement, subject to market and other conditions. Phosphors help control LED luminous efficacy and color to bring the technology on a level with traditional lighting. Phosphors used in LED lighting applications will see a market incre...
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2012-05-04

Intematix ChromaLit Contour Enables LED Replacement of 100-Watt Incandescent Light Bulb

Remote Phosphor Product Creates Omni-Directional, High-Quality Light Scalable to all Wattages at Lower Cost, on Display at LIGHTFAIR   Intematix Corporation, a leading innovator of patented phosphors and phosphor components for high-quality LED lighting, announced the availability of ChromaLit™ Contour.  Lighting manufacturers can implement ChromaLit Contour to produce 60, 75 and 100 watt-equivalent omni-directional light in an LED system.  Intematix also offers A Lamp reference designs for these systems.   Intematix&rsq...
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2012-05-02

Intematix Introduces ChromaLit XT Remote Phosphor for High-Intensity LED Lighting

Latest ChromaLit product expands market with high lumen output and neutral off-state color   Intematix, a leading innovator of patented phosphors and phosphor components for high-quality LED lighting, announced the release of ChromaLit XT, the latest product in the award-winning ChromaLit™ line of remote phosphor technology.   An exciting lighting design trend because it increases light quality and lowers systems costs, ChromaLit makes lighting better using a phosphor composite substrate separated from the blue LEDs.  Improving on the conventional...
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2012-04-17

Intematix Introduces ChromaLit XT Remote Phosphor for High-Intensity LED Lighting

Latest ChromaLit product expands market with high lumen output and neutral off-state color   Intematix, a leading innovator of patented phosphors and phosphor components for high-quality LED lighting, today announced the release of ChromaLit XT, the latest product in the award-winning ChromaLit™ line of remote phosphor technology.   An exciting lighting design trend because it increases light quality and lowers systems costs, ChromaLit makes lighting better using a phosphor composite substrate separated from the blue LEDs.  Improving on the conven...
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2012-03-14

Intematix Receives $16.2 Million to Expands Its Phosphor Products for LED

Intematix has received $16.2 million fundings from current investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Crosslink Capital, as well as a new financial investor, to continue tackling challenges for the LED industry through facility expansion, working capital and development of its phosphor products and ChromaLit(TM) remote phosphor products. Maurice Carson, Chief Financial Officer for Intematix, pointed out that, "LED technology is the future of lighting, and Intematix phosphors and remote phosphors are key components to making this possible.  This investment furt...
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2011-11-16

Intematix Delivers ChromaLit Ellipse, Candle and Dome Remote Phosphor Products Enabling Innovative LED Light Bulb and Lighting Designs

New three-dimensional offerings provide lighting systems with design flexibility and custom lighting distributions tailored for general lighting applications Intematix, a leading innovator of patented phosphors and phosphor components for high-quality LED lighting, announced the production availability of its ChromaLit™ Ellipse, Candle and Dome light sources for use by manufacturers of LED light bulbs, fixtures and other indoor and outdoor lighting applications. These new three-dimensional patented remote phosphor ChromaLit products provide designers with wide angle...
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2011-06-24

Intematix Receives San Francisco Business Times Cleantech & Sustainability Award

Intematix recently has received the San Francisco Business Times Cleantech & Sustainability Award in the Lighting category which recognizing Intematix for its contribution to the LED industry through advanced phosphor materials that improve the efficiency and quality of light. Earlier this year, Intematix launched the ChromaLit Collection — a family of patented remote phosphor shapes and sizes that separate the phosphor from the chip to improve efficacy, color quality and opens doors for LED lighting design.   The product collection, available in 2-D...
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2011-06-24

Digi-Key Corporation and Intematix Sign Global Distribution Agreement

THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn., and Fremont, Calif. USA, Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry’s broadest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, has signed a global distribution agreement with Intematix Corporation, a leading innovator of patented remote phosphor components for high-quality LED lighting.   Mark Zack, Digi-Key's vice president, semiconductors said, “Digi-Key is proud to welcome Intematix to our Solid State Lighting prod...
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2011-05-13

Intematix to Show ChromaLit Remote Phosphor Solution at LIGHTFAIR International 2011

Intematix is about to show up its three-dimensional ChromaLit Remote Phosphor Solution at LIGHTFAIR International 2011, May 17-19 in Philadelphia, PA. Compared to conventional LED designs, where blue chips are coated with a phosphor compound, the ChromaLit Collection leverages a phosphor composite separated from the blue LED energy source. The latest ChromaLit products employ compound optical forms and offer a choice of wide radiation patterns ideal for bulb, pendant, lantern, decorative and other lighting applications. The new forms and light outpu...
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2011-04-13

Intematix Supplies ChromaLit™ Collection for LED Lighting

Intematix, the supplier of patented phosphors for LEDs has added the ChromaLit™ Collection for remote phosphor light sources. To cater for high demand following its January launch, ChromaLit light sources are now available in 110 optimal shapes, color temperatures and Color Rendering Indexes. Additionally, ChromaLit is now available in additional round options, as well as square, linear and panel varieties to provide more options for customers. What’s more, compared to conventional LED designs, where blue chips are coated with a phosphor compound, Chro...
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2011-01-19

Intematix Develops Separate Phosphor Component for LED Lighting

The Fremont, Calif.-based company, Intematix has developed a component, ChromaLit product line, to improve LED lighting efficiency and give light fixture manufacturers more flexibility in adjusting light qualities. According to Intematix, the ChromaLit product line, which offers a separate phosphor component can converts the blue light of LED light sources into white light. In addition, a separate phosphor component is up to 30 percent more energy efficient and manufacturers can swap in various phosphor components on the same LED light source to create products with...
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2010-11-17

Intematix and Tridonic Consortium Announce Agreement on BOSE Phosphor Patents for LEDs

•    Parties value each other’s IP portfolio •    Cross-licensing for LED phosphor materials •    Intematix licenses BOSE application patents on white LEDs, offers simple licensing procedures  
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