Biosearch LLC has a LENR Electric technology patent, developed with U.S. federal funding, that has been granted.
From the patent
LENR (Low Energy Nuclear Reactions) refers to the phenomenon where anomalous amounts of heat are produced when certain metals (e.g., nickel, palladium) absorb hydrogen or deuterium and an external stimulus such as heat or an electric current is applied. The reaction takes place at relatively low temperature and sometimes results in transmutation of elements as well as the production of heat. Either no strong radiation is produced or it is absorbed locally. The waste products are not radioactive. This phenomenon is also referred to as Cold Fusion, LANR (lattice assisted nuclear reaction), as well as other terms.
Modern interest in LENR began in 1989 when scientists Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons announced they had succeeded in generating nuclear reactions in laboratory experiments. This announcement sparked much interest in the media and in the scientific community, with many researchers attempting to replicate the effect in their own experiments—many without success. The effect is not always easy to replicate, particularly as the preparation of the metal was critical and it sometimes took weeks for anomalous heat to appear. When the effect has been obtained it also can be difficult to control and sustain.
There are many theories about what causes this heat effect, but none has been widely accepted or definitively proven.
There are many attempts going on at the moment by various parties to be able to replicate and control the LENR effect. Several companies are now working on commercial products with claims of producing kW of power as heat. Andrea Rossi's E-Cat invention has received a lot of attention because he was the first to publicly demonstrate his device and it has now been independently tested and validated by seven scientists, funded by the Swedish R&D organization Elforsk, demonstrating at least ten times the energy of any known chemical reaction and showing that the E-Cat is capable of producing useful heat.
Various claims are made that the E-Cat has a Coefficient of Performance (COP) from 6 to over 30 (meaning between 6 and 30 times more energy is produced than is input into a system). Even at the low end such a device would make obsolete virtually all other ways of producing power. More efficient designs would be suitable for powering transport, including aircraft, although this would probably take decades to develop. This promise of inexpensive, safe, clean power is why many are now following the subject.
However, all LENR focus has been aimed at producing energy in the form of useful amounts of heat.
Moreover, all prior LENR developments have required an external energy source for initiation of, and/or to sustain a meaningful energy output.
The resent disclosure produces energy in the form of electric power with minimal amounts of heat as a byproduct and without the need for any form of (artificial) initial energy input or continuing energy input whatsoever. -end quote
The Biosphere LENR Electric Patent
Electric Energy Cell US9472812B2
Anticipated exexpiratio
2036-01-27
Status Active
US9472812B2 - Electric energy cell - Google Patents
Inventors Talmadge Kelly Keene, R Van Orden, Charles E. Entenmann, David Cottrel
Assignee Biosearch LLC
Status Active
2036-01-27 Anticipated expiration
Abstract
An electrical cell and method for generating electrical power are disclosed for producing electrical energy from a gas such as hydrogen and isotopes thereof. The electrical cell comprises an ionizing material located within an interior volume of a housing for absorbing the gas and separating ions and electrons. An electron collector receives electrons generated by the ionizing material. An insulator material within the housing inhibits electrons from entering into an ion collector while allowing the gas and the ions to pass to the ion collector for generating electrical voltage between the electron collector and the ion colllector.
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I recently came across this Biosphere patent while reviewing a granted and active US Navy LENR patent,
"Excess Enthalpy Upon Pressurization of Dispersed Palladium with Hydrogen or Deuterium" inventor David A. Kidwell,
"Electric Energy Cell" is one of four patents that cite Kidwell's US Navy LENR patent.
This lengthy and important review of Kidwell's conflicted past is well worth reading now.
David is a US Navy employee at NRL.
LENR Patents Open Doors to New Investment and New Conflict
Nov. 20, 2015 – By Steven B. Krivit
LENR Patents Open Doors to New Investment and New Conflict | New Energy Times
