The recent patent of Rossi, when stripped down to bare essentials, protects only one important detail - the catalyst LAH . which is lithium aluminum hydride --- LAlH4. As mentioned in prior posts, Rossi's Claim set is very narrow and that is risky but expedient. The only protection found in his disclosure is for lithium hydride in combination with aluminum - or essentially: LAH. Rossi has bet the ranch on this catalyst in the recent patent; and this factoid could be significant in matching the disclosure to an underlying theory - even if it is not the theory Rossi favors.
LAH is a prototypical Mills catalyst having Rydberg ionization potentials (IP) which are multiples of 27.2 eV in both lithium and hydrogen (through disproportionation). Additionally LAH supplies hydrogen in such a way that it can be converted directly to fractional hydrogen, in situ (if it is done properly). The key to doing this step properly could be a slow period of thermal curing over several days or weeks at moderate tempeature, which Rossi would perform before actually loading the material into a reactor. The two other materials which should complement LAH, in terms of further densification of hydrogen are beryllium copper and molybdenum disulfide. In particular, beryllium could be important. Rossi does not use either AFAIK, and this comment comes from looking closely at Mills' patents. BTW - beryllium vapor is toxic and should not be used without a fume hood. Beryllium is mentioned in nearly every Mills patent but seems to be deliberately glossed over in his experiments. Like Rossi, Mills may prefer to divulge a few things and keep other details as hidden as possible. Rossi kept LAH hidden until recently. If this analysis is correct, Mills may be doing the same with BeCu. Moly has been mentioned before as having the best fit, under Mills theory, of any single atom/catalyst for an IP at 27.2 eV (hydrogen is exact but requires two atoms to catalyze a third). Moly would benefit from being in the sulfide molecular form of the common dry lubricant. There are literally thousands of reports of various anomalies with molybdenum disulfide, which may not relate to LENR, but the material is an interesting candidate, even if its most common use is for something completely unrelated. Jones
