G21B 1/115
Tritium recovery
Official title: {Tritium recovery}
G21B1/115 (Tritium recovery) appears on 23 US grants and 22 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21B- Granted patents
- 23
- Published applications
- 22
- Assignees
- 33
- Inventors
- 93
- Latest grant
- 16 Sep 2025
Filings by year
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| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 |
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| 2021 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 5 |
| 2026 | 0 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Ion transport16 Sep 2025US 12,417,852 B1Beam Alpha, Inc.
- Advanced fuel cycle and fusion reactors utilizing the same11 Oct 2022US 11,469,003 B2Helion Energy, Inc.
- Recovery of tritium from molten lithium blanket22 Oct 2019US 10,450,660 B2Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC
- Quench tank and liquid metal loop11 Jul 2017US 9,702,018 B2Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Mechatronics Systems, Ltd.
- Tritium removal device for lithium loop30 May 2017US 9,666,320 B2Kyoto University
- Heat-sink chamber for a plasma-confinement device9 Jul 2026US 2026/0196362 A1
- Improvements in and relating to tritium extraction and recovery in fusion power systems5 Mar 2026US 2026/0066140 A1UK Atomic Energy Authority
- Advanced fuel cycle and fusion reactors utilizing the same23 Oct 2025US 2025/0329474 A1Helion Energy, Inc.
- Laser fusion reactor7 Aug 2025US 2025/0253065 A1
- Method of and Means for Conversion of X-Ray Energy to Useful Energy in an ICF System31 Jul 2025US 2025/0246322 A1Innoven Energy LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ceramic catalytic membrane reactor for the separation of hydrogen and/or isotopes thereof from fluid feeds42US 5,366,712 AENEA-Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, l'Energia e l'Ambiente · 1994
- Apparatus for removal and recovery of tritium from light and heavy water25US 4,190,515 AAtomic Energy of Canada Limited · 1980
- Process and apparatus for decontaminating exhaust gas from a fusion reactor fuel cycle of exhaust gas components containing chemically bonded tritium and/or deuterium14US 4,774,065 AKernforschungzentrum Karlsruhe GmbH · 1988
- Process for cleaning the exhaust gas of a fusion reactor14US 4,875,945 AKernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH · 1989
- Process and apparatus for decontaminating exhaust gas from a fusion reactor fuel cycle of exhaust gas components containing chemically bonded tritium and/or deuterium13US 4,849,155 AKernstorschungzentrum Karlsruhe GmbH · 1989