Posted on 01/31/2014 5:44:59 PM PST by Kevmo
Start-up purchases controversial cold fusion nuclear reactor E-cat - Let's see if it works
01/26/2014
A North Carolina based company called Industrial Heat LLC has come out and admitted that it now owns Andrea Rossis ecat low energy nuclear reaction (LENR) technology. Industrial Heat has put out a press release in which it confirmed rumors that it had spent $11 million to purchase Rossis device.
The press release also confirmed speculation that Tom Darden of Cherokee Investment Partners a North Carolina equity fund is a principal investor in Industrial heat. It stated that one of Dardens associates J.T. Vaughn is the manager of Industrial Heat LLC. Industrial Heat LLC is based in the Research Triangle region around Raleigh, North Carolina where many technology companies have operations. Cherokees website describes Vaughn as a Senior Analyst at the firm.
Vaughn said that his company had acquired the intellectual property rights to the Ecat in the press release. Vaughn and Darden were convinced of the Ecats authenticity by a report prepared by physics professors Guiseppe Levi, Hanno Essen, Ronald Petterson, Torbojorn Hartman, Bo Hoistad, Roland Pettersson and Lars Tegner. The scientists tested the ecat in December 2012 and March 2013 and observed its operations. Vaughn and Darden also had an unidentified independent expert exam the ecat before investing their money in it.
The press release stated that Industrial Heat has prepared numerous patent applications to protect ecat technology but wouldnt elaborate. The release didnt say if any of these applications have been filed or not.
The world needs a new, clean and efficient energy source, Vaugh said of his reasons for acquiring Ecat in the press release. Such a technology would raise the standard of living in developing countries and reduce the environmental impact of producing energy.
The press release stated that Industrial Heat wants to enter into partnerships with other companies, universities and nongovernment organizations (NGOs) to develop LENR technology. It didnt identify any of these partners or mention any specific uses for Ecat technology.
Predictably and sadly the cold fusion skeptics have already started attacking Industrial Heat. The Gizmodo blog is claiming that Darden and Vaughn were bamboozled and bought a reactor that might not actually work. Typically the skeptics provide absolutely no proof for their accusations they just make them and hope nobody questions their statements. Those who criticize Rossi for not verifying claims turn around and do exactly the same thing.
Tom Darden
Vaughn and Darden seem like hardhead and sensible businessmen who have done their homework. They actually looked into Ecat and got the facts before investing. Gizmodo mentions Rossis criminal conviction but doesnt mention the involvement of distinguished professors such as Guiseppe Levi in the ecat project.
Industrial Heats confirmation is very good news, despite the skeptics. Its the biggest investment so far in cold fusion and it proves there are far sighted businessmen interested in commercializing this important technology. Hopefully Industrial Heat will be able to commercialize the Ecat and looking into other LENR devices such asthose at Brillouin.
I also hope that Industrial Heats brave stand will inspire other investors to put their money behind low energy nuclear reaction. We need massive investment in this technology now.
“My guess is that we are on the verge of such a development. If so, Pons and Fleischman will be rehabilitated and credited as scientific pioneers, with Rossi seen as having an Edisonian touch in contriving a practical device based on their work. “
They were funded with millions of $$ over several years and produced NOTHING!
“This triggered massive media interest and an energetic and successful effort by other scientists to discredit so-called “cold fusion” as being so contrary to scientific theory as to be impossible and of the realm of pseudoscience.”
You misrepresent what actually happened. I was there at the time and talked to university scientists involved in the evaluation of their work.
“Yet, working in obscurity, there are researchers who have replicated and extended the Pons and Fleischman results. “
LOL!
Notably, the credibility of Rossi's original work benefitted from the support of the respected physicist Sergio Focardi, and his device has already had limited testing and verification by Swedish physicists.
Will Rossi or someone else eventually deliver a practical ECAT type device? Reasoned skepticism, "not yet," and "maybe" are better answers than "Never!" and "Impossible!" With definitive independent third party testing now underway, funded by a US venture capital fund, that seems to be where the smart money is.
Then offer your account. I am genuinely interested in hearing it.
“With definitive independent third party testing now underway, funded by a US venture capital fund, that seems to be where the smart money is. “
Are you referring to that ‘crowd-funding’ scam?
“Here is a pending patent application: “
Yea. Like that is going anywhere.
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s2107.html
2107 Guidelines for Examination of Applications for Compliance with the Utility Requirement [R-11.2013]
II. WHOLLY INOPERATIVE INVENTIONS; INCREDIBLE UTILITY
.....
Examples of such cases include: an invention asserted to change the taste of food using a magnetic field (Fregeauv.Mossinghoff, 776 F.2d 1034, 227 USPQ 848 (Fed. Cir. 1985)), a perpetual motion machine (Newmanv.Quigg, 877 F.2d 1575, 11 USPQ2d 1340 (Fed. Cir. 1989)), a flying machine operating on flapping or flutter function (In re Houghton, 433 F.2d 820, 167 USPQ 687 (CCPA 1970)), a cold fusion process for producing energy (In re Swartz, 232 F.3d 862, 56 USPQ2d 1703 (Fed. Cir. 2000)), a method for increasing the energy output of fossil fuels upon combustion through exposure to a magnetic field (In re Ruskin, 354 F.2d 395, 148 USPQ 221 (CCPA 1966)), uncharacterized compositions for curing a wide array of cancers (In re Citron, 325 F.2d 248, 139 USPQ 516 (CCPA 1963)), and a method of controlling the aging process (In re Eltgroth, 419 F.2d 918, 164 USPQ 221 (CCPA 1970)). These examples are fact specific and should not be applied as a per se rule.
“Then offer your account. I am genuinely interested in hearing it.”
The Nuclear Engineering Department at my University assigned a full professor and provided funds for him to review. There was no bias against the work and all were very interested in the concept. No university wanted to be left behind if this was real.
“Notably, the credibility of Rossi’s original work benefitted from the support of the respected physicist Sergio Focardi”
Focardi stated that he had no idea how it worked since Rossi would not tell him what was inside the device.
” With definitive independent third party testing now underway, funded by a US venture capital fund, that seems to be where the smart money is. “
The only place you can link for this are Kevmo’s postings and Jennifer’s blog.
No, I am referring to independent, third party testing funded by Cherokee Investment Partners, a North Carolina venture capital outfit.
“No, I am referring to independent, third party testing funded by Cherokee Investment Partners, a North Carolina venture capital outfit.”
Me too. Please give me a link that is NOT a Kevmo post or made up by Jennifer.
My point was that the patent application indicates that there has been continuing work on “cold fusion” devices beyond what Pons and Fleischman did. Ultimately, facts matter, and as the USPTO notice that you rely on states, “These examples are fact specific and should not be applied as a per se rule.” If excess energy is shown to be produced through an unconventional nuclear process, then a working LENR device should be patentable.
Do you dispute that Cherokee Partners is an investor and that another round of testing is underway?
My point is if you read the documentation his patent fails to be enabled:
“In order to be enabling, a patent specification must teach those skilled in the art how to make and use the full scope of the claimed invention without undue experimentation.”
“Do you dispute that Cherokee Partners is an investor and that another round of testing is underway?”
I state that NOONE has been able to verify that from any source other than KEVMO (banned FREEPER) or Jennifer (NO LAST NAME) blogger. Until I see it verified, I have top assume it does not exist.
What was their experimental setup and did they report the results?
“I doubt that Rossi even knows how his device works “
He admits that.
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