Curious, that the Navy cites Mitchell Swartz's applications (and Arata) as prior art - all of which have NOT been granted, and the Navy does NOT mention the one which they flagrantly copy. We need a massive overhaul of USPTO due to extreme incompetence.
US Navy or not . this patent seems to be "borrowing" the prior art of the Cincinnati group: "Pressurized electro-hydraulic processing" - It is a bit irksome that the military gets a free ride from USPTO in many cases such as this. The Cincinnati process remediated (transmuted) thorium in an electrochemical process but they gave up trying to fight the patent office. US 20030201167 A1 http://www.google.com/patents/US20030201167 It is no wonder that Mitchell is bitter over his treatment by USPTO -- when several recent WPO patents have been granted which clearly mention LENR and would have been invalidated, had Mitchell's prior applications been granted, as they should have been. Jones From: Axil Axil https://www.google.com/patents/US8419919?dq=11/859,499 <https://www.google.com/patents/US8419919?dq=11/859,499&hl=en&sa=X&ei=A5rfUe 70HMen4AO3yIFw&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAA> &hl=en&sa=X&ei=A5rfUe70HMen4AO3yIFw&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAA This U.S. Navy patent transmutes radioactive elements into less harmful elements through a benign low energy nuclear reaction process. The patent was granted April 16, 2013 for a device and method that shortens the half-life of radioactive materials by increasing their rate of emissions. "Method and Apparatus for Generating Particles," the content of which is fully incorporated by reference herein. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The embodiments of the invention relate generally to the field of electrochemistry. Generated particles may be captured by other nuclei to create new elements, to remediate nuclear waste, to treat cancerous tumors, or to create strategic materials.
