SOUTHLAKE, Texas, Aug. 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- American Fusion Inc. (OTCQB: AMFN) ("American Fusion" or the "Company"), developer of the proprietary Texatron Fusion Engine, announced that the Company has reached a significant intellectual property milestone with 100 patent applications pending, following the filing of an additional 17 U.S. patent applications covering important aspects of the Company's fusion technology platform.
The latest applications further expand American Fusion's intellectual property strategy around the Texatron platform, including proprietary aluminum fusion-confinement structures, clam-shell and unitary housings, hollow toroidal interior chambers, rifled interior geometries, electromagnetic field structures, fuel-injection systems, coil configurations and related system architectures. American Fusion believes that a broad and continually expanding intellectual property portfolio is essential to protecting the technology, engineering concepts, manufacturing methods and potential commercial applications being developed around the Texatron Fusion Engine.
100 Patent Applications Pending - A Significant Company Milestone
American Fusion has pursued an intellectual property strategy designed to build multiple layers of protection around the Company's core technologies. The Company believes reaching 100 pending patent applications represents an important milestone in that strategy and reflects the continuing work of its engineering, scientific, legal and intellectual property teams.
The 17 newly filed applications include:
- U.S. Serial No. 19/777,207 (filed August 16, 2026) - Aluminum Clamshell Fusion Confinement Device with Rifled Toroidal Chamber
- U.S. Serial No. 19/777,211 (filed August 16, 2026) - Unitary Aluminum Fusion Confinement Device with Rifled Toroidal Chamber
- U.S. Serial No. 19/778,475 (filed August 17, 2026) - Aluminum Clam-Shell Fusion System with Electromagnetic Foil Formation
- U.S. Serial No. 19/778,478 (filed August 17, 2026) - Aluminum Unitary Fusion System with Electromagnetic Foil Formation
- U.S. Serial No. 19/778,483 (filed August 17, 2026) - Clam-Shell Fusion System with Helium-3/Deuterium Fuel Injection and Electromagnetic Foil
- U.S. Serial No. 19/778,490 (filed August 17, 2026) - Unitary Fusion System with Helium-3/Deuterium Fuel Injection and Electromagnetic Foil
- U.S. Serial No. 19/779,852 (filed August 19, 2026) - Aluminum Fusion Reactor with Coil-Mounted Rifled Toroidal Chamber
- U.S. Serial No. 19/779,853 (filed August 19, 2026) - Unitary Aluminum Fusion Reactor with Coil-Mounted Rifled Toroidal Chamber
- U.S. Serial No. 19/782,365 (filed August 20, 2026) - Clamshell Aluminum Fusion Confinement Device with Fuel Injector and Ridge-Mounted Coil
- U.S. Serial No. 19/782,371 (filed August 20, 2026) - Unitary Aluminum Fusion Confinement Device with Fuel Injector and Ridge-Mounted Coil
- U.S. Serial No. 19/782,374 (filed August 20, 2026) - Clam-Shell Aluminum Fusion System with Ridge-Mounted Coil
- U.S. Serial No. 19/782,376 (filed August 20, 2026) - Unitary Aluminum Fusion System with Ridge-Mounted Coil
- U.S. Serial No. 19/782,378 (filed August 20, 2026) - Symmetrical Clam-Shell Fusion Confinement System with Helium-3/Deuterium Fuel Injection
- U.S. Serial No. 19/782,458 (filed August 20, 2026) - Symmetrical Unitary Aluminum Fusion Confinement System with Helium-3/Deuterium Fuel Injection
- U.S. Serial No. 19/783,781 (filed August 21, 2026) - Symmetrical Aluminum Half-Shell Fusion Apparatus with Helium-3/Deuterium Fuel Injection
- U.S. Serial No. 19/783,784 (filed August 21, 2026) - Symmetrical Unitary Aluminum Fusion Apparatus with Helium-3/Deuterium Fuel Injection
- U.S. Serial No. 19/783,831 (filed August 22, 2026) - Symmetrical Half-Shell Fusion System with Rifled Toroidal Chamber
Expanding Protection Around the Texatron Platform
The latest group of applications is focused substantially on aluminum-based configurations and alternative structural embodiments of American Fusion's Texatron technology. Taken together, the applications seek protection around related concepts including aluminum clam-shell and unitary fusion-confinement devices, hollow toroidal interior chambers, proprietary rifled interior geometries, electromagnetic structures formed along rifling, Helium-3 and deuterium fuel injection, coil placement along rifled geometries, symmetrical half-shell configurations and integrated fusion-system architectures.
American Fusion's intellectual property strategy is designed to protect not merely a single device, but multiple embodiments, configurations, manufacturing approaches, operating architectures and potential future generations of the Texatron platform.
Michael G. Smith, Chief Legal Officer of American Fusion, commented: "Intellectual property forms the bedrock upon which a technology company is built. A great idea has extraordinary potential, but that potential must be properly documented, protected, expanded and defended if it is ultimately going to create durable value for a company and its shareholders."
Smith continued: "Reaching 100 patent applications pending is an achievement of which I am enormously proud. Each filing requires substantial technical analysis, legal drafting, engineering review, drawings, claim development and careful examination of how an invention fits within the broader intellectual property portfolio. This is not simply about accumulating patent numbers. We are systematically building layers of intellectual property protection around the Texatron platform and the technologies that may ultimately support its commercialization."
Brent Nelson, Executive Chairman of American Fusion, stated: "American Fusion keeps setting milestones, and our team keeps achieving them. Reaching 100 patents pending is another major accomplishment for this Company and another indication of the extraordinary amount of work taking place behind the scenes every day."
Nelson continued: "Our goal has never been to build just one fusion machine. We are developing an entire technology platform, a family of Texatron Fusion Engines, and an intellectual property portfolio intended to protect that platform across multiple sizes, configurations, applications and future generations. From our testing program and regulatory progress to our growing scientific team and now 100 pending patent applications, we continue to methodically build the foundation we believe will be necessary to move American Fusion toward commercialization. We are tremendously proud of the scientists, engineers, attorneys and technical personnel whose work made this milestone possible."
The filing of a patent application does not mean that a patent will ultimately issue, nor does the filing itself establish that the technology covered by an application has been commercially demonstrated. Each application remains subject to examination by the United States Patent and Trademark Office and other applicable requirements.
Company Files Motion to Vacate Legacy Alaska Judgment
American Fusion has also filed a motion with the Superior Court of Alaska seeking to vacate a legacy default judgment entered against the Company when it operated as Renewal Fuels Inc. The motion follows subsequent proceedings in Washington State in which the court determined that a purported legacy acquisition involving Pacific Compliance Corporation was never consummated, that Renewal received no assets or consideration in connection with the transaction, and that the shares issued in connection with the transaction were void ab initio.
The Company's motion asks the Alaska court to permit American Fusion to defend the underlying claims on their merits in light of those subsequent findings. The motion remains subject to consideration and determination by the Alaska court, and there can be no assurance regarding its outcome.
The Company intends to conduct a Q3 shareholder survey to obtain feedback from shareholders regarding certain key Company objectives.
American Fusion Expands Shareholder Communications and Digital Investor Engagement
American Fusion has also engaged AGORACOM Investor Relations Corp. to support the Company's expanding shareholder communications, digital investor engagement and online investor-relations initiatives. The engagement includes investor communications, digital content, social-media engagement, executive interviews, shareholder Q&A and other programs intended to improve the accessibility and consistency of the Company's communications with its growing shareholder community. For more information, visit AGORACOM at https://agoracom.com/
The decision follows a review of the Company's investor-relations strategy and feedback received from shareholders regarding its communications and engagement efforts. American Fusion elected to transition from its previous outside investor-relations provider and believes AGORACOM represents a stronger cultural and strategic fit for the Company and the increasingly active shareholder community it serves.
"We listen carefully to our shareholders, including feedback about how and where they want to engage with American Fusion," Nelson said. "As the Company continues to grow, we believe AGORACOM is a better cultural fit for the kind of direct, active and accessible shareholder communications program we want to build."
About American Fusion Inc.
American Fusion Inc. (OTCGB: AMFN) is an advanced energy platform company focused on the development and commercialization of next-generation fusion energy technologies. The Company is advancing the Texatron Fusion Engine aneutronic fusion platform, designed for modular, infrastructure-grade deployment across industrial, commercial, defense and grid-constrained applications.
The Company's development strategy emphasizes system-level engineering, disciplined intellectual property protection, and scalable architectures intended to support long-term commercial operation, while maintaining a focus on capital discipline and transparent corporate governance.
For more information about American Fusion and its Texatron platform, please visit: americanfusionenergy.com
For an overview of American Fusion, please click here: American Fusion Overview
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable federal securities laws, including statements regarding American Fusion's intellectual property portfolio and pending and future patent applications; the development, testing, validation, anticipated performance, scalability and potential applications of the Texatron Fusion Engine; commercialization, manufacturing, financing, strategic partnerships, regulatory approvals and customer opportunities; the Company's motion to vacate the Alaska default judgment; the Company's investor-relations and shareholder-engagement initiatives; and future business operations. Words such as "anticipate," "believe," "could," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "potential," "should," "will" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied. Patent applications are subject to examination and there can be no assurance that any application will result in an issued or commercially valuable patent. The developed Texatron Fusion Engine is undergoing testing and continued engineering validation and has not demonstrated sustained net electricity generation from a commercial system. There can be no assurance that the Company will achieve its scientific, engineering, regulatory, financing, manufacturing or commercialization objectives, obtain the relief requested in the Alaska litigation, or that its investor-relations initiatives will produce any particular result. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to purchase securities. Readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and American Fusion undertakes no obligation to update them except as required by law.
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