On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 9:08 AM, Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote:
Here is their patent - it appears to be photoelectric [snip] > Abstract > The invention relates to a method for producing thermal energy, wherein > light, initial material is introduced into a plasma arc I don't think it claims to involve a photoelectric effect; it does not appear to make any attempt to explain what's going on. It seems to be a water torch invention in the lineage of Brown's gas, where water is dissociated into hydrogen and oxygen, and it tries to improve upon a 1990 cold fusion patent [1]. It refers to water rather than noble gasses, so I think the comparison to Papp's device only goes so far. But it definitely reminds me of many of the electric arc devices/experiments. The present patent focuses a lot on the electric arc and the waveform used to drive it. It is surprising to me that someone can write all of this stuff up and get a patent for it. There is very little to clearly differentiate this patent from any number of experiments and patents that are out there. I recall hearing that in the European patent system, you get a patent automatically upon application, but this does not imply that it is defendable. Eric [1] https://www.google.com/patents/EP0393465A2
