In this case...a product being readied for commercialization. I know already we have enough evidence to qualify as being there (finish line), but it does seem the only thing that will catch the worlds attention, will be putting something in the marketplace.
Shane:
IH, you will remember, had a strategy with Rossi that they get in next round investors for >> $100M. All they needed for that was demonstrable, replicable COP something real (say even X2) devices.
Now, X2 is commercial if cheap, as better electric heaters. They do not need to iron out all the "make it reliable" knots as long as they have something that can be replicated cheaply, and that when tested delivers real "Wow we have got it" LENR performance.
Also remember that any engineer would say COP=2 ==> COP = infinity when the input power does nothing except heat stuff up, as is normally the case.
COP is only relevant as a partial indicator that given rough calorimetry there still is some extraordinary phenomenon. That parts of LENR community remain obsessed with COP is a sign of insecurity about whether there is any excess or not.
My suggestion is that that is what they would be hoping to obtain.
THH