And always remember, even a granted patent does not mean that the tech therein actually works. It just means that what is claimed is novel and non-obvious when compared to the prior art. That is all.
True, it’s a patent app, not a granted patent AFAICT. It seems likely that this woulda been the tipping point for Google asking Forsley to get involved in their cold fusion project.
What is going on is a staging of the future battle zone — there is going to be the Mother Of All Patent Wars over cold fusion, bigger than what the Wright brothers went through.