Summary: Kent Nguyen (Nguyen The Luan) is the primary inventor listed on USPTO Patent 12,130,086 B1 for sand-battery thermal energy storage. Active court proceedings against Alterno Vietnam JSC cover wrongful termination, patent concealment, and a contested corporate dissolution. This page is the canonical entry point for the complete evidence series.
Key Documents
Complete Series — Chronological Order
| Article | Published | Language |
|---|
| How Sand Battery Went from a Balcony Experiment to Commercial Deployment |
February 9, 2024 |
🇬🇧 English |
| How a $1M Dream Shaped My Sand Battery Journey |
April 1, 2024 |
🇬🇧 English |
| What Is a Sand Battery? Thermal Energy Storage Explained (SAND - Part 1) |
May 1, 2025 |
🇬🇧 English |
| How Sand Battery Can Cut Industrial Heating Costs by 50% (SAND - Part 2) |
May 3, 2025 |
🇬🇧 English |
| Sand Battery Origin: Correcting Misleading Claims About Who Built It |
May 15, 2025 |
🇬🇧 English |
| Why Sand Battery Delivers Near-Zero Lifetime Emissions (SAND - Part 3) |
May 16, 2025 |
🇬🇧 English |
| Sand Battery Hot Water for Homestays and Resorts: A Practical Use Case (SAND - Part 4) |
May 17, 2025 |
🇬🇧 English |
| Sand Battery vs Lithium Battery: Cost, Lifespan, and Thermal Storage Tradeoffs (SAND - Part 5) |
May 18, 2025 |
🇬🇧 English |
| Sand Battery Origin Story: How the Technology Really Started (SAND - Part 6) |
May 20, 2025 |
🇬🇧 English |
| Sand Battery Patent USPTO 12,130,086 B1: Full Text and Technical Summary (SAND - Part 7) |
May 22, 2025 |
🇬🇧 English |
| How the Sand Battery Patent Discovery Happened: The Untold Story (SAND - Part 8) |
May 22, 2025 |
🇬🇧 English |
| Sand Battery Saga: Antler Vietnam, Governance Failures, and Silent Enablers (SAND - Part 9) |
May 28, 2025 |
🇬🇧 English |
| Patent Authorship vs Ownership in the Sand Battery Case (SAND - Part 10) |
June 2, 2025 |
🇬🇧 English |
| Vietnam Wrongful Termination Lawsuit Timeline in the Sand Battery Dispute (SAND - Part 11) |
June 4, 2025 |
🇬🇧 English |
| The Sand Battery IP Dispute in Vietnam: Patent Ownership and Inventorship (SAND - Part 12) |
July 10, 2025 |
🇬🇧 English |
| October 2024 Sand Battery Timeline: What Did Not Happen and Why It Matters (SAND - Part 13) |
July 13, 2025 |
🇬🇧 English |
| Personal Insults, Legal Escalation, and the Sand Battery Dispute in May 2025 (SAND - Part 14) |
July 17, 2025 |
🇬🇧 English |
| Những lời lăng mạ cá nhân vào tháng 5 năm 2025 (SAND - Phần 14) |
July 17, 2025 |
🇻🇳 Tiếng Việt |
| Sand Battery Court Hearing Timeline and Claims Update (SAND - Part 15) |
July 26, 2025 |
🇬🇧 English |
| Sand Battery Legal Fight Update: Court Documents, Claims, and What Happens Next (SAND - Part 16) |
September 15, 2025 |
🇬🇧 English |
| Sand Battery IP Dispute: Patent Changes and Unpaid Compensation (SAND - Part 17) |
September 24, 2025 |
🇬🇧 English |
| Alterno Lawsuit: Court Evasion and Unverified Evidence in Vietnam (SAND - Part 18) |
February 15, 2026 |
🇬🇧 English |
| Sand Battery Simulation with AI |
February 21, 2026 |
🇬🇧 English |
| The Alterno Lawsuit Timeline: Corporate Restructuring and Document Discrepancies (SAND - Part 19) |
March 28, 2026 |
🇬🇧 English |
| Alterno Is Attempting Crypto Crowdfunding?! (SAND - Part 20) |
April 14, 2026 |
🇬🇧 English |
| The Alterno Greenwashing Network: VCs, Shell Companies, and Serial Crowdfunding (SAND - Part 21) |
July 18, 2026 |
🇬🇧 English |
| Crimes of Fathers: Deception, Accountability, and Corporate Narcissism (SAND - Part 22) |
July 21, 2026 |
🇬🇧 English |
| VC Due-Diligence Questions for Alterno Backers (SAND Part 23) |
August 3, 2026 |
🇬🇧 English |
| The High-Altitude Blind Spot: Alterno's Lost Domain Assets (SAND Part 25) |
August 4, 2026 |
🇬🇧 English |
| Alterno Sand Battery Journalist Fact Pack (SAND Part 24) |
August 4, 2026 |
🇬🇧 English |
| 5 Concrete Due-Diligence Standards for VCs: Performative NGO Grants, TRL Audits, and Vietnam's Deep-Tech Shift (SAND Part 26) |
August 5, 2026 |
🇬🇧 English |
| Alterno サンドバッテリー訴訟概要：日本パートナー向けデューデリジェンス資料（SAND 日本語概要） |
August 6, 2026 |
🇯🇵 日本語 |
Interactive Resources
🇯🇵 日本語（Japanese）
日本語での詳細な訴訟概要・デューデリジェンス資料は以下をご覧ください：
Alterno サンドバッテリー訴訟概要：日本パートナー向けデューデリジェンス資料
コバシロボティクス、リバネス、JETRO東京を通じたAlterno Japanとの提携に関するIP権原リスクについて記載しています。
For Journalists & Auditors
The complete journalist fact pack with all document references, source verification instructions, and institutional audit tracker is available in SAND Part 24.
Formal Notices Sent
Formal due-diligence inquiries have been delivered to: NIC Vietnam, InnoEx Steering Committee, JETRO Tokyo, Leave a Nest, and Kobashi Robotics (August 5, 2026). Receipt confirmed from Kobashi Robotics.