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Led based luminaires and retrofit bulbs

The future of lighting

LEDs are the future of lighting. In addition, as LED capabilities continue to evolve and expand, new markets are opening up all the time. Developing new, innovative solutions for tomorrow’s new LED applications takes significant investment in research and design.

By joining our EnabLED licensing program, you can shortcut your developments by gaining access to 400 Signify inventions for you to build into your own products. With our state-of-the-art lighting technologies at your fingertips, the EnabLED program can transport your business into a future filled with opportunities.

How can I benefit from the Program?

If you are selling finished LED-based luminaires and / or retrofit bulbs under your brand, a license allows you to incorporate Signify’s patented technologies in your products.

Become EnabLED and you join many companies who are already licensees, from global industry leaders to humble start-ups. As a licensee under our licensing program you can…

Leverage Signify’s thought leadership and expertise in LED and IP (Intellectual Property)
Share in a wide spectrum of innovative and cutting-edge patent-protected technologies,
Explore new applications and markets,
Speed up your product development,
Reduce time to market,
Increase sourcing flexibility and cost effectiveness,

… and accelerate your business growth.

Patented technologies

Offering over 400 technologies covered by some 3000 patents, the EnabLED program gives you a wide range of technologies to choose from. They cover everything from basic LED control to system-level architectures. They have been developed through our extensive R&D activities, as well as those of Color Kinetics and TIR companies.

Family	Application	Advantages include
Filament based LED products	Using LEDs and filament forms to generate light	improves reliability and luminous efficacy of filament LED bulbs
Warm dimming incandescent emulation	Using LEDs to emulate warm dimming features of incandescent bulbs	Produces white light with natural warm dimming effects
$10M L Prize winning technology	LED lamps with omnidirectional light and award winning reliability	Omnidirectional light output whilst maintaining cooling efficiency
LED-based Lamp for Replacing TL Fluorescent Lamp with safety features	general illumination and specialty applications	Energy-efficient, long-life and mercury-free alternative to fluorescent tubes with safe installation features
LED glare reduction	Where comfortable LED light output is required	Reduces LED glare effects and provides uniform light output
Asymmetric LED light output	Asymmetrical, directed LED light applications	Provides LED light output only to directions and areas that need to be illuminated
Uniform mixed LED output	Multicolor or tunable white LED	Provides good color/tunable white mixing, eliminates white-LED un-equal phosphor artefacts
Connected LED lighting technology	Systems of networked LED bulbs with Radio Frequency (RF) connectivity	Simplified bulb integration in networks and improved antenna design for increased connection reliability with limited physical space

Shorten your time to market

With access to these cutting-edge technologies, you gain greater freedom to design optimal solutions for your products. You can shorten your time to market and achieve an excellent balance of cost-to-quality including cost-effectiveness in your component sourcing.

Are you EnabLED?

We are introducing a new logo which licensees can use to show they are a member of the EnabLED Licensing Program for LED Luminaires and Retrofit Bulbs.

The EnabLED member logo is an official logo which you can use to make your customers aware of being a member of the EnabLED Licensing Program for LED Luminaires and Retrofit Bulbs. It can be used on your website, catalogue and brochure. It shows your customers that you are an official licensee and can be used by you as part of your communication to the market.

The logo is easy to use on your website or on printed literature. It also incorporates a unique QR code linking to our webpage, which protects your identity as one of our valued licensee members. For more information please contact us.

Patents

The EnabLED Licensing Program for LED Luminaires and Retrofit Bulbs was launched in 2008. It covers over 400 inventions, which have resulted in more than 2900 granted patents and over 440 pending patents applications. The Program has extensive geographical coverage.

These patents relate to basic LED controls through to system-level technologies, resulting from extensive Research & Development activities of Philips as well as the former Color Kinetics and TIR companies.

Take a look at the illustration below to see what features typically use Philips patented inventions.

Shorten your time to market

With access to these cutting edge technologies, you gain greater freedom to design optimal solutions for your products. You can shorten your time to market and achieve an excellent balance of cost-to-quality including cost-effectiveness in your component sourcing.

Becoming a licensee

Giving the industry access to innovative technologies and inventions accelerates the growth of new markets and benefits everyone – manufacturers, suppliers and consumers. As a technology leader, Signify has a long heritage of licensing its Intellectual Property (IP) and fostering technological innovation.

How to join

Joining the EnabLED Licensing Program for LED Luminaires and Retrofit Bulbs is easy. Signify licensing specialists operate globally and are ready to respond to your questions. They will work with you on every step, so you can quickly start using our patent-protected technology:

How do we determine royalties?

Royalties are determined in accordance with our program rates, on a product-by-product and country-by-country basis. The same approach for the determination of royalties is available to all licensees.

1. Meet with Signify IP Licensing representative
One of our licensing specialists will be assigned to your company so you have a personal contact with Signify. This contact person will explain the Program in detail and answer any questions you may have.

2. Portfolio Analysis
We work with you to determine which of your products are relevant and require a license.

3. Choose between the Flat Rate and Itemized approach for the payment of royalties (the fees for use of Signify patented technologies) and sign the Patent License agreement

Which of your products require a license?

Signify specialists are available to help you analyze your product portfolio and determine whether your products use Signify patents available under the licensing program.

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Royalties / payment

You may choose between two royalty payment methods. One is a standard, product-by-product royalty approach based on net revenues of relevant products and relevant sales on a country-by-country basis. The other method is a flat rate (weighted average) approach which involves less paperwork. In this approach, the royalty will reflect the average rate over all products sold, taking into account the patent coverage per country of manufacture or sale (as the case may be).

Step 1 - Portfolio Analysis
Step 1 - Portfolio Analysis

In both methods, we begin by analyzing your portfolio of LED-based branded luminaires and retrofits to determine which of your products use patents made available in the EnabLED licensing program.
Step 2 - Option 1: The Standard Approach
Step 2 - Option 1: The Standard Approach

In the standard approach, we list all relevant products, the corresponding royalty rate, and the countries where a royalty payment is triggered.

Under the license agreement, you will provide on a confidential basis, quarterly reports stating your turnover* for all listed products. The royalty due is calculated on the basis of these turnover data for the relevant calendar quarter.

If you introduce new products, these may need to be added to the license agreement. You can either assess this yourself or one of our licensing officers may assist you in this analysis. If you conduct a self-assessment, we may still conduct our own analysis to verify its accuracy.

* The relevant turnover will be based on worldwide sales if at least one invention used in the product is patented in the country where the product was manufactured. Otherwise, we ask for the turnover generated only in countries of sale where the inventions used are patented.
Step 2 - Option 2: The Flat Rate Approach
Step 2 - Option 2: The Flat Rate Approach

In this approach, we use the portfolio analysis and your turnover of branded luminaires or retrofits in a reference period (e.g. the previous calendar year) to determine a single percentage flat rate which will apply on a quarterly basis. This approach takes into account the patent coverage in the countries in which you assemble and sell your products. If both luminaires and retrofits need to be covered, two separate flat rates will apply.

The license agreement will list all relevant brands and will specify an agreed flat rate for a specified number of years. During this period, you will simply report your quarterly turnover for relevant luminaire and retrofit brands. We then determine the royalties due by applying the flat rate percentage to this figure. When the agreed period ends, a new flat rate will be agreed.

This flat rate will continue to apply even if you introduce new products. In other words, there is no need for any further analysis or paperwork throughout the agreed flat rate period.

Qualified Supplier (QS) components

If you purchase components for some or all of your LED-based luminaires exclusively from qualified suppliers, this will affect the royalty payable. Under the standard approach, you will list these luminaires along with the others in your quarterly report, but the effective royalty rate will be zero. Under the flat rate approach, you also list luminaires which qualify for the QS exemption in your regular report. However, we do not include these luminaires in the calculation of your royalty payment.

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Licensee overview

The companies listed below currently have license agreements with Signify regarding patents available under the EnabLED Licensing Program for LED Luminaires and Retrofit Bulbs (in part previously made available under the former Color Kinetics Licensing program):

You can filter the list by choosing one or more application areas or entering a name to search for.

Disclaimer
This database contains names of companies that have entered into a license agreement with Philips covering patents licensed under the Philips LED Luminaires & Retrofit Bulbs Licensing Program (or previously under the Color Kinetics Licensing program). It does not necessarily contain the complete of list of all companies that currently have such license agreements in place. The information in this database has been compiled as accurately as possible at the time of compilation. The contents of all licenses are confidential and the information in this database is based solely upon publically available information regarding trademarks and brands used by a licensee and applications areas addressed by a licensee. Consequently, the contents of this database do not imply or make any statement in relation to any individual product of any licensee.

Qualified Suppliers

If you are a licensee and you sell LED luminaires incorporating specific components from qualified suppliers, no royalties in relation to this licensing program will be due on luminaires using only QS components. The QS arrangement only applies to LED luminaires to be used within the scope of the license program (which covers general illumination, architectural and entertainment lighting). The QS arrangement does not apply to retrofit bulbs.

Will the QS Exemption Apply?
Will the QS Exemption Apply?
Just as for all your products, the first step is to analyze whether your luminaires use invention(s) covered by Signify patents in the relevant countries. If so, a license will be needed. However, these luminaires will be exempted from royalty payments.

In order to qualify for the royalty exemption, the luminaires need to incorporate the following components from Qualified Suppliers only:

all LED light-engine modules (LEDs placed on one or more common circuitboards); and

all LED drivers; and

all components, if any, for controlling the light output of the LEDs used in the luminaire.

They must also meet the condition that the trademark of the qualified supplier(s) is identifiable on each of the above components assembled in the luminaire.
What are the Qualified Suppliers?
What are the Qualified Suppliers?

The following companies are qualified suppliers: Signify, Lumileds (only for light engine modules), Osram and Zumtobel Group.
Can I obtain customized light engines using QS components
Can I obtain customized light engines using QS components

You can ask the qualified suppliers if they can provide components that meet your needs.

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Led based luminaires and retrofit bulbs

Led based luminaires and retrofit bulbs

The future of lighting

How can I benefit from the Program?

Patented technologies

Shorten your time to market

Are you EnabLED?

Patents

Shorten your time to market

Becoming a licensee

How to join

How do we determine royalties?

Which of your products require a license?

Royalties / payment

Qualified Supplier (QS) components

Licensee overview

Qualified Suppliers

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