Abstract: Prostamide-containing biodegradable intraocular implants, prostamide compounds, prostamide-containing pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for making and using such implants and compositions for the immediate and sustained reduction of intraocular pressure and treatment of glaucoma in an eye of a patient are described.

Abstract: Embodiments of putter-type golf club head comprising a striking surface capable of achieving consistent ball speeds across the striking surface to account for various ball impact locations are described herein. The striking surface has at least two materials that differ in concentration away from the geometric center of the striking surface to provide this consistency. Consistent (or uniform) ball speed is achieved throughout the striking surface as the portion of the golf ball that contacts the striking surface interacts with at least two materials having a differing material characteristic.

Abstract: A low pressure mercury vapor fluorescent lamp includes a lamp vessel having a mercury protective coating on the inner surface of the lamp envelope and a halophosphate phosphor layer. The lamp has a discharge sustaining filling including mercury and a rare gas. The level of mercury is selected such that the lamp has a standard average lamp life of about 20,000 hours while passing the Environmental Protection Agency's Toxicity Characteristic Leachate Procedure (TCLP) test and the State of California's Waste Extraction Test (WET).

Abstract: A reflector lamp having a lens of vitreous material fused to a reflector body of vitreous material. An inner reflector surface of the reflector body includes a reflective coating having a first coating portion extending from the rim of the reflector body and a second coating portion extending from a location spaced from the rim towards a basal end of the reflector body. The second coating portion is a layer of heat-treated silver having a uniform, whitish non-metallic appearance and being diffusely reflective. The first coating portion is a layer of material other than silver, such as aluminum, having a higher resistance to damage by high heat in the rim area during fusing of the lens to the reflector body.

Abstract: An electric lamp includes a hybrid skirted lamp base including a plastic skirt portion and a metallic skirt portion having one end portion molded in said plastic skirt portion and a second end portion secured to the lamp envelope. The metallic skirt portion improves structural integrity and provides some thermal isolation from the lamp envelope allowing the use of a lower temperature plastic for the plastic skirt portion. The plastic skirt portion includes a weldless and solderless lamp base. A lamp cap contact includes a rigid shank received in a clamping bore of the plastic skirt portion. The diameters of the bore and shank and the elasticity of the bore wall are selected so that a conductive lead of the lamp is securely clamped between the shank and the bore wall when the shank is fully received in the bore. In a favorable embodiment, the lead has a free end extending in the direction of insertion of the shank into the bore, which avoids the lead wire from being pushed out of the bore.

Abstract: A fluorescent low pressure discharge lamp is provided with axially mounted cold-cathode electrodes consisting of a sintered shaped mixture of inorganic material including about 50-90% by weight of tungsten and the remainder BaO or a mixture of BaO, CaO and SrO and oxides of Y, Zr or Hf or the rare earths. The electrodes have a uniform density throughout with a porosity of less than 10%.

Abstract: A reflector lamp having a lens of vitreous material fused to a reflector body of vitreous material. An inner reflector surface of the reflector body includes a reflective coating having a first coating portion extending from the rim of the reflector body and a second coating portion extending from a location spaced from the rim towards a basal end of the reflector body. The second coating portion is a layer of silver and the first coating portion is a layer of material other than silver, such as aluminum, having a higher resistance to damage by high heat in the rim area during fusing of the lens to the reflector body. Higher efficacies are achieved with the silver layer spaced from the rim than with silver covering the entire reflector surface.

Abstract: There are provided benzofuran-substituted acetic acid esters and compositions thereof having arthropocidal activity.