The OP of the other thread claims this is only worth 10c because the patents are not worth anything and are supposedly just for "glass".
This is incredibly duplicitous and factually incorrect. Clearvue has patents covering the entire product.
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3.1. A Spectrally Selective Panel (PCT/AU2012/000778)
This family consists of 15 granted patents or pending applications in 13 countries and 2 regions: Europe and Eurasia. Patents have been granted in Australia, China, Europe, Eurasia, Japan, Russia and South Africa. This case have been accepted but not yet granted in Mexico and the remaining cases are pending in Brazil, Canada, India, Indonesia, Republic of Korea and the United States. Based upon the grant and/or acceptance of a number of the cases it is reasonable to assume that patent grant will be effected in the remaining jurisdictions in time. Dependent on requirements in the different jurisdictions, there may be differing scopes of patent in different jurisdictions. Below is a representative summary which relates to the main patent claim of the pending US patent application. The patent specification is directed towards a spectrally selective panel that comprises a first material that is transmissive for light having a wavelength in the visible wavelength range and being arranged for guiding light. The first material comprises a luminescent material that is arranged such that a portion of infrared (“IR”) light is absorbed by the luminescent material resulting in emission of light by photoluminescence, fluorescence or phosphorescence. The first material further comprises a scattering material. The scattering material comprises nano- or micro- size particles. The spectrally selective panel also comprises a phase grating that functions in transmission mode and is positioned within the first material. The phase grating is arranged to deflect light having a wavelength in an IR wavelength band and has a plurality of grooves that are at least partially filled with the scattering material or the luminescent material. In addition, the spectrally selective panel comprises a reflective film that is arranged to reflect incident light within an IR wavelength band while being transmissive for visible wavelength range of light. The first material, the phase grating and the reflective film are arranged such that at least a portion of energy associated with IR light incident from a transversal direction of the spectrally selective panel is guided within and along the panel towards a side portion of the panel. The phase grating maintains in use zero order visible wavelength range transmission and simultaneously deflects incident IR light.
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3.2. A Spectrally Selective Panel (PCT/AU2012/000787)
This family consists of 15 granted patents or pending applications in 12 countries and 2 regions: Europe and Eurasia. Patents have been granted in Australia, China, Eurasia, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico and South Africa. All the remaining cases are pending in Brazil, Canada, Europe, India, Japan (divisional application of granted Japanese patent), Malaysia, Republic of Korea and the United States. Based upon the grant and/or acceptance of a number of the cases it is reasonable to assume that patent grant will be effected in the remaining jurisdictions in time. Dependent on requirements in the different jurisdictions, there may be differing scopes of patent in different jurisdictions. Below is a representative summary which relates to the main patent claim of the pending US patent application. The patent specification is directed towards a spectrally selective panel that comprises a first panel portion that is at least partially transmissive for light having a wavelength in the visible wavelength range. The spectrally selective panel further comprises a first reflective component that is arranged to reflect incident light within an IR wavelength band and within an ultraviolet (UV) wavelength band while being largely transmissive for at least the majority of light having a wavelength within the visible wavelength band. The first reflective component is provided in the form of an optical interference coating that comprises layers of dielectric materials that are arranged such that within a wavelength range from approximately 600 nm to approximately 800 nm the transmittance decreases from at least 60% to less than 10%. A luminescent material is arranged to absorb at least a portion of incident and/or reflected light having a wavelength in the IR wavelength band and emit light having a wavelength in the IR wavelength band by luminescence. The spectrally selective panel is arranged such that at least a portion of energy associated with IR light incident from a transversal direction of the spectrally selective panel is reflected by the first reflective component and subsequently directed along the panel towards a side portion of the panel and wherein the spectrally selective panel is arranged such that at least a portion of emitted luminescence radiation is reflected by the first reflective component.
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3.4. A Device For Generating Electric Energy (PCT/AU2014/000814)
This family consists of 15 granted patents or pending patent applications in 13 countries and 2 regions: Europe and Eurasia. A patent has been granted in China. All the remaining cases are pending in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Europe, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Republic of Korea, South Africa, US and Vietnam. While a patent has so far been granted only in China, the International Examiner during the PCT process considered all of the claims to be novel and inventive. Thus, it is reasonable to assume that patents will be granted in time. However, it might require detailed argument and probably some restriction in claim scope. Dependent on requirements in the different jurisdictions, there may be differing scopes of patent in different jurisdictions. Below is a representative summary which relates to the main patent claim of the pending US patent application. The patent specification is directed towards a device for generating electric energy. The device comprises a panel that is at least partially transmissive for visible light. The panel has a receiving surface for receiving incident light and is arranged such that a portion of the incident light is redirected towards regions that are at edges of the panel. A plurality of photovoltaic elements comprising a first and a second photovoltaic element are positioned at or in the proximity of the same edge of the panel. The first photovoltaic element is substantially perpendicular to the second photovoltaic element. The second photovoltaic element faces a surface portion that is parallel or oriented along the receiving surface of the panel to receive light that is redirected through the area in the proximity of the edge. The device further has first and second diodes that are series connected with the first and second photovoltaic elements. The first photovoltaic element and the first diode are parallel connected with the second photovoltaic and the second diode. One of the first and second photovoltaic elements is positioned to receive light that is redirected through the edge of the panel and the other photovoltaic element is positioned to receive light that is redirected through an area in the proximity of the edge. The device is arranged to generate the electricity from at least a portion of the redirected light.
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This is all sourced from the prospectus.
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