Borealis Announces Thermionic and Photo-Electric Patents.Business and Technology Editors GIBRALTAR, United Kingdom--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 2001 Borealis Technical Limited, a subsidiary of Borealis Exploration Limited Borealis Exploration Ltd. is a Gibraltar-based research and development company that owns subsidiaries dealing with materials and power transfer. The company considers itself a virtual company, and is publicly traded. (BOREF) announces that a patent, titled "Thermionic therm·i·on n. An electrically charged particle, especially an electron, emitted by a conducting material at high temperatures. therm Generator", No. 6,229,083, was issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office The United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO or USPTO) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that provides patent protection to inventors and businesses for their inventions, and trademark registration for product and intellectual property on May 8th, 2001. Further patent applications related to Borealis' proprietary thermionic and photoelectric Converting photons into electrons. When light is beamed onto a metal, electrons are released from its atoms. The higher the light frequency, the more electron energy released. Photonic sensors of all kinds work on this principle. They sense light and cause an electric current to flow. technologies are pending. The Thermionic Generator or Power Chip (tm) is a solid-state device solid-state device Electronic device that operates on the basis of the electric, magnetic, or optical properties of a solid material, especially one that uses a solid crystal in which an orderly three-dimensional arrangement of atoms, ions, or molecules is repeated that uses small sandwich-like wafers to generate electricity from a temperature differential. The technology is closely related to Borealis proprietary Cool Chips(tm) technology which is currently under evaluation by the Boeing Company (BA) as announced on May 25th 2001 (http://www.borealis.com/investor/pr_010525.shtml) "This technology offers enormous benefits to industry and consumers alike" says Borealis President Isaiah Cox. "Power Chips (tm) are a genuine solution to the problems of conventional technologies that simply cannot keep up with the demands of modern consumers." Borealis also announces a further patent, titled "Process for Stampable Photoelectric Generator", No. 6,239,356, was issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on May 29th, 2001. Further patent applications related to Borealis' proprietary photoelectric and thermionic technologies are pending. The patent describes a process whereby Photon Chips (tm) may be manufactured by stamping cells from a sheet of material coated with a photoelectrically pho·to·e·lec·tric also pho·to·e·lec·tri·cal adj. Of or relating to the electric effects caused by light. pho emissive e·mis·sive adj. Having the power or tendency to emit matter or energy; emitting. material. This gives an economic and simple means of mass-producing cells for a solar power generator, analogous to the process used for pressing optical discs such as CDs. "Photon Chips (tm) offer an inexpensive alternative to conventional solar energy generators. This patent extends our portfolio in this exciting area," said Chris Bourne Bourne, town (1990 pop. 16,064), Barnstable co., SE Mass., crossed by Cape Cod Canal; settled 1627, inc. 1884. Bourne Bridge (1935), across the canal, made the town an entry point to Cape Cod and a resort and commercial center. , PR spokesperson for Photon Power plc, which is developing the technology. The full text of the above patents, and all patents in the Borealis family's extensive portfolio, can be found at our web site www.borealis.com. Borealis Technical Limited, Cool Chips plc, Power Chips plc and Photon Power plc are majority-owned subsidiaries of Borealis Exploration Limited (BOREF: www.pinksheets.com). Borealis Exploration Limited has 5,000,000 shares outstanding. Forward Looking Statement at http://www.borealis.com/ForwardLookingStatement.htm |
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