PATENTS

The policy of the Company is to protect its inventions with domestic and international patents.  Patents that are pioneering in the field have already been granted.  Additional applications are prepared on an ongoing basis as technical developments are made.  The subject matters include: 

• Piezo-pyroelectric Energy Converter & Method
• Thermal Diode for Energy Conversion
• Hybrid Thermionic Energy Converter & Method
• Solid State Thermionic Refrigerator
• Hybrid Thermionic Energy Converter & Method
• Tunneling-effect Energy Converters

Recent filings confirmed 48 patents issued or filed in the US and internationally:

• 1 US Patent pending
• 9 US Patents issued
• 4 PCT Patents pending
• 5 International Patents issued
• 29 International Patents pending