Av: Mats Lewan
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The Italian energy catalyzer that seems to be based on an unknown nuclear
reaction is now patented in Italy. The examination continues regarding
protection in the rest of the world.
The
Italian Patent Office, Ufficio Italiano Brevetti e Marchi, granted a patent
for the energy catalyzer on April 6, 2011, valid until April 9, 2028.
The
inventor is Andrea Rossi, while his wife Maddalena Pascucci is the patent
owner.
The final content of the patent is public but not directly available
online (details on how to order the content can be found here).
According
to Rossi ten of the original 15 claims remain (see below).
It
is not clear if the patent means that the secret details of the energy catalyst
can be revealed.
“Now
I have to think and, based on the effective patent protection, we can decide
what to disclose,” Andrea Rossi said.
The patent office in Italy confirmed that it is a normal patent
which was granted after technical examination of the filed application.
According
to other sources the examination of Italian patents, however, is more formal
and less technological compared with the international review under the PCT procedure.
Update: Investigation of patentability is made for applications to the
Italian Patent Office from 1 July 2008 onwards (see decree here). The patent application for the energy catalyzer was
filed in April 2008.
In
October 2010, the international
patent application under PCT received a negative initial assessment in a
so-called International
Search Report made by the International Searching Authority, and a negative
International
Preliminary Report on Patentability.
The
criticisms include that the patent application lacks detail in describing the
technology.
The examination of the international patent application
is now continuing in a regional and national phase, including assesment by the European Patent
Office.
In
addition, there is a parallel patent
application for the US.
* Italian patent application MI2008A000629,
filed on April 9, 2008.
Italian
Patent No. 1387256 granted on April 6, 2011, expiring on April 9, 2028.
* International patent application (except the
U.S.) under the PCT procedure: PCT/IT2008/000532,
filed on August 4, 2008.
PCT: International
Search Report, October 9, 2010.
PCT: International
Preliminary Report on Patentability, October 9, 2010.
* U.S. patent application US2011/0005506
A1, filed on August 4, 2009.
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Patent claims in the granted Italian patent (according to Rossi). The claims are the
same as in International
Preliminary Report on Patentability:
1. A method for carrying out an
exothermal reaction of nickel and hydrogen, characterized in that said
method comprises the steps of providing a metal tube, introducing onto said
metal tube a nanometric particle nickel powder and injecting into said metal
tube a hydrogen gas having a temperature much greater than 150°C and a pressure
much greater than 2 bars.
2. A method according to claim 1, characterized
in that said hydrogen temperature varies in a range from 150°C to
500°C.
3. A method according to claim 1, characterized
in that said nickel powder is a nickel isotope powder.
4. A method according to claim 1, characterized
in that said hydrogen is injected into said tube under pulsating
pressure.
5. A method according to claims 1 and
2, characterized in that said hydrogen temperature is a
variable temperature which varies in said range from 150°C to 500°C.
6. A method according to claim 1, characterized
in that said metal tube is a copper metal tube.
7. A modular apparatus for providing a
exothermal reaction by carrying out a method according to claim 1 , characterized
in that said apparatus comprises a metal tube (2) including a
nanometric particle nickel powder (3) and a high temperature and pressure
hydrogen gas.
8. A method according to claim 1, characterized
in that in said method catalyze materials are used.
9. An apparatus method according to claim
7, characterized in that in said nickel powder filled metal
tube (2) is a copper tube, said copper tube further including at least a
heating electrical resistance, said tube being encompassed by a jacket (7)
including either water or boron or only boron, said jacket (7) being
encompassed by further lead jacket (8) in turn optionally encompassed by a
steel layer (9), said jackets (7, 8) being adapted to prevent radiations
emitted from said copper tube (2) from exiting said copper tube (2), thereby
also transforming said radiations into thermal energy.
10. An apparatus according to claim 1, characterized
in that in said apparatus comprises, encompassing said nickel powder,
hydrogen and electric resistance (101) containing copper tube (100) a first
steel-boron armored construction (102) encompassed by a second lead armored
construction (103) for protecting said copper tube (100), a hydrogen bottle
connection assembly (106) and a hydrogen bottle (107), said apparatus further
comprising, outside of said lead armored construction (103), a cooling water
steel outer pipe assembly (105).