Today the EU Patent Authority reviewed the patent for Pantinelli vs the patent for Rossi that was granted in the USA and they threw out Pantinelli's patent. It has been officially disallowed.
Right now Rossi is the only one with an active patent on this thing that isn't Chinese, Russian, Japanese or Swedish. Those could get disallowed quickly according to later filing dates AND a lack of functionality both of which can be proven at this point if Rossi's legal team moves on it quickly enough.
Rossi's legal team which includes lawyers for Industrial Heat, for Cherokee Investments and for Woodford Investment Management are jointly proceeding to remove the conflicting patents granted in other countries by people who can't really make their stuff go beyond a 3 COP.
Removal of these garbage patents is timely NOW before beginning of full plant production of Rossi's devices.
Pantinelli was the only one with a chance of proving previous art but the previous art wasn't able to be proved, and due to the late date of his filing
and the fact that Pantinelli actually made claims for stuff that he can't prove that he actually ever did but it was stuff that he just saw Rossi doing. They worked together for a while, you know. They were friends, even.
The lawyers are out now in play and it's going to start to get nasty. Each camp will have to put up or shut up.
Billions are at stake -- and nasty is simply just the name of the game at the founding of a new industry.
3 billion in first year sales is at stake right now, if the Rossi patent can be pre-defended by preemptive legal strikes against the also-rans (doing it early, while the other guys really don't have anything to show).
Get rid of all the competition that you can, those that have weak low COP LENR processes and weak, vague patents. If you don't go after them now, then they will come after you with a crop of restraining orders when you start your real production runs.
They will each want money from you as you are successful and have the big money and they don't -- but they can try to stop you from proceeding with a simple restraining order unless you choose to reach a settlement with them.
OR, by overturning their patents now, you stop them from having that ability.
Then the Rossi Crew can feel comfortable enough to go build their robotic plant and go about the doing of it .....
The Mitsubishi patents are worrying as Mitsubishi has more money for better lawyers than they do. Plus it's Japan, Japanese commercial patent law.
The NASA work and DARPA work can't really be touched, as you can't sue the Government.