American Fusion Expands Patent Portfolio for Texatron™ Fusion Reactor Technology

Renewal Fuels, Inc., operating as American Fusion, has provided a comprehensive intellectual property update regarding its Texatron™ fusion platform and proprietary "clam-shell" reactor architecture. The company has filed 20 patent applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering core structural, confinement, and electromagnetic design elements of the Texatron™ system. Of these applications, one is currently in active prosecution with a USPTO Examiner, three priority applications are expected to begin examination in mid-2026, and the remaining filings are progressing through the USPTO review process.

The company is developing approximately 240 additional patent applications in coordination with Chief Technology Officer Dr. John Brandenburg. These applications reflect ongoing engineering and architectural refinements and are expected to be filed in phases as development progresses. If filed as contemplated, this would result in a combined intellectual property portfolio of approximately 260 patent applications spanning core reactor architecture, fuel cycle optimization, system integration, and related technologies. The patent strategy is designed to establish layered protections across core reactor architecture, fuel cycle optimization, and integrated system design elements supporting the Texatron™ platform.

Michael Smith, CLO of the company, stated that the intellectual property strategy is being structured deliberately and in phases, prioritizing core architectural protections while building a portfolio intended to support regulatory positioning, commercial deployment, and long-term defensibility. The Texatron™ platform is engineered around an aneutronic fusion pathway utilizing Helium-3 and Deuterium, significantly reducing neutron radiation compared to traditional deuterium-tritium fusion concepts. The system's compact, modular "clam-shell" design incorporates a hollow toroidal chamber with a rifled interior surface intended to optimize electromagnetic confinement and fuel dynamics.

Key differentiators of the Texatron™ include aneutronic fuel mixture, compact modular architecture suitable for distributed deployment, innovative rifled toroidal interior geometry, electromagnetic foil formation along interior ridges, symmetrical and asymmetrical shell configurations, and direct energy concentration features. Management believes the Texatron™ platform is designed to support scalable, compact deployment objectives consistent with long-term clean energy development goals. The 20 patent applications filed to date include systems covering various aspects of the reactor design, such as the hollow toroidal interior chamber with rifled interior surface, electromagnetic foil along ridges, fuel injector systems, and symmetrical and asymmetrical shell configurations.

For more information about Kepler Fusion Technologies and its Texatron™ platform, please visit www.keplerfusion.com and americanfusionenergy.com. The latest news and updates relating to the company are available in the company's newsroom at https://tinyurl.com/rnwfnewsroom.