Kiwi-connection company wins hydrogen patent
13 Jul 2015
A United States company with operations in New Zealand has been granted a second patent on break-through hydrogen technology.
The patent, which will be published tomorrow, means the company “owns” all the resonant frequencies for severing the oxygen/hydrogen bond in the electromagnetic spectrum.
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