G21C 1/00
Reactor types
G21C1/00 (Reactor types) appears on 1,091 US grants and 975 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21C- Granted patents
- 1,091
- Published applications
- 975
- Assignees
- 350
- Inventors
- 2,194
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 28 | 0 |
| 1977 | 30 | 0 |
| 1978 | 28 | 0 |
| 1979 | 12 | 0 |
| 1980 | 17 | 0 |
| 1981 | 24 | 0 |
| 1982 | 27 | 0 |
| 1983 | 13 | 0 |
| 1984 | 14 | 0 |
| 1985 | 13 | 0 |
| 1986 | 14 | 0 |
| 1987 | 36 | 0 |
| 1988 | 31 | 0 |
| 1989 | 17 | 0 |
| 1990 | 13 | 0 |
| 1991 | 23 | 0 |
| 1992 | 36 | 0 |
| 1993 | 24 | 0 |
| 1994 | 9 | 0 |
| 1995 | 15 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 7 |
| 2003 | 6 | 10 |
| 2004 | 5 | 15 |
| 2005 | 9 | 10 |
| 2006 | 2 | 17 |
| 2007 | 0 | 16 |
| 2008 | 8 | 16 |
| 2009 | 5 | 32 |
| 2010 | 6 | 41 |
| 2011 | 10 | 45 |
| 2012 | 7 | 38 |
| 2013 | 20 | 62 |
| 2014 | 29 | 40 |
| 2015 | 32 | 49 |
| 2016 | 45 | 66 |
| 2017 | 64 | 58 |
| 2018 | 48 | 56 |
| 2019 | 47 | 44 |
| 2020 | 59 | 57 |
| 2021 | 58 | 41 |
| 2022 | 41 | 60 |
| 2023 | 41 | 52 |
| 2024 | 39 | 56 |
| 2025 | 27 | 45 |
| 2026 | 24 | 42 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Sulfur blanket6 Oct 2026US 12,755,853 B2Beam Alpha, Inc.
- Nuclear reactor and method for control thereof22 Sep 2026US 12,744,130 B2
- Nuclear reactor core with rotating fuel modules and related systems15 Sep 2026US 12,738,386 B2Jacksonville University
- Separation of fission products in a molten salt reactor via adsorbent frameworks11 Aug 2026US 12,706,225 B2Abilene Christian University
- Nuclear reactors having liquid metal alloy fuels and/or moderators4 Aug 2026US 12,700,513 B2
- Nuclear reactor loading system and methods of use thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311901 A1Abilene Christian University
- Stress Relieving Attachment Of Tube To Tubesheet, Such As In A Pressure Vessel Shell Of A Nuclear Reactor Power System1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298464 A1NuScale Power, LLC
- Sodium cooled fast reactor mechanical hold down and discrimination system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301978 A1TerraPower, LLC
- A Modular Transportable Nuclear Power Plant24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285450 A1Energie propre Prodigy Ltee / Prodigy Clean Energy Ltd.
- Molten fuel reactor thermal management configurations24 Sep 2026US 2026/0290630 A1c/o TerraPower, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Modular nuclear reactor for a land-based power plant and method for the fabrication, installation and operation thereof68US 4,508,677 AGeneral Electric Company · 1985
- Nuclear boiler60US 4,039,377 ACommissariat A L' Energie Atomique · 1977
- Integral PWR with diverse emergency cooling and method of operating same59US 6,795,518 B1Polytechnic of Milan · 2004
- Energy amplifier for nuclear energy production driven by a particle beam accelerator58US 5,774,514 A1998
- Passive cooling system for liquid metal cooled nuclear reactors with backup coolant flow path56US 5,223,210 AGeneral Electric Company · 1993