Bridgelux and Lumitech Announce Strategic Patent Cross-Licensing Agreement
Bridgelux, Inc., a leading developer of high-performance LED lighting solutions, and Lumitech GmbH, the pioneer of tunable white by RGB (PI-LED) technology, today announced a comprehensive patent cross-licensing agreement focused on advanced tunable white solutions using RGBW and RGB-based architectures.
Under the agreement, the two companies license each other to certain respective patents covering tunable white lighting achieved through multi-channel color mixing and proprietary phosphor technologies. The partnership is based on Bridgelux’s leadership in LED lighting technology and Lumitech’s more than 15 years of expertise in white CCT tunable fixtures and PI-LED technologies. The cross-license unites Bridgelux’s patents for industry-leading four-color-in-one RGBW packages—including direct-emission and phosphor-converted LEDs—with Lumitech’s foundational PI-LED patents.
Key benefits of the cross-license include:
- Accelerated innovation and wider adoption of fully tunable white light solutions spanning 1800K to 12000K along the black-body locus (BBL), with constant CRI >90 and efficient lumen output across the entire tunable CCT range
- A significantly simplified IP landscape for manufacturers developing next-generation human-centric, architectural, and horticultural lighting
- Freedom-to-operate for both companies when implementing tunable white lighting using RGBW or RGB architectures covered under the cross-licensed patents
- Greater design flexibility of (4 color in 1) LEDs with exceptional color rendering (CRI 95+) white light, wide color gamut mixing range, precise circadian stimulus, higher luminous efficacy, and spectral continuity that closely replicates natural sunlight, or adjustable lights with different red and blue ratios for different plant growth.