Intellectual Property Law

US Patent 7476375 - Fullerene fuel for fusion

This patent from a company called Carbon Labs teaches a new molecular storage vessel based on fullerene (C60) used to facilitate the uniform compression and heating necessary for fusion reactions. Claim 1 reads:

1. A fusion fuel for use in a fusion reaction, comprising:

a cage-like molecule;

two light nuclei encapsulated in the cage-like molecule, wherein the two light nuclei are suitable for use as reactants in the fusion reaction;

a first light nuclei externally attached to the cage-like molecule; a second light nuclei externally attached to the cage-like molecule;

wherein the first external light nuclei is selected from the group consisting of: deuterium, tritium, and hydrogen; and

wherein the second external light nuclei is lithium.

Full post as published by TinytechIP on January 13, 2009 (boomark / email).