Everyone now seems to be looking ahead and focusing on replication. Good. If anyone thinks that replication of this device is a wicked problem now, or in an abstract way, then they will learn soon that it becomes diabolical why?
The device only works with a secret catalyst, together with the nickel. Rossi say this himself. My colleague asked Focardi directly do you know what the catalyst is? He said without hesitation that he did not know, and that no one except Rossi knows. How can the device be replicated successfully without that detail, and do you really want to see a lot of null results ? The patent rejection notice from the WIPO for the original filing states that he must disclose the catalyst or drop the reference to it, yet in his revised filing he did not disclose. This indicates that it will remain a trade secret and that the patent is essentially worthless except as an threat of litigation. I think Peters wishful solution to the wicked problem is therefore naïve. Who will attempt a meaningful replication without disclosure of relevant details? Rossi (LTI) cannot have it both ways; and he is free to keep the catalyst a trade secret or to patent it, but replication could be impossible without that detail. More likely, the risk to Rossi is that someone in an attempted replication will discover it, or find a better one, and they will patent it. Jones From: Peter Gluck Dear Jed, You are right. I am working out- in the frame of my blog a system for real life problem solving. The painful puzzle of CF's bad reproducibility seemed to be a "wicked problem" (see Wikipedia etc- it is an fundamental concept) Now it has one solution.
