G21C 1/026
Reactors not needing refuelling, i.e. reactors of the type breed-and-burn
Official title: {Reactors not needing refuelling, i.e. reactors of the type breed-and-burn, e.g. travelling or deflagration wave reactors or seed-blanket reactors}
G21C1/026 (Reactors not needing refuelling, i.e. reactors of the type breed-and-burn) appears on 73 US grants and 98 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21C- Granted patents
- 73
- Published applications
- 98
- Assignees
- 15
- Inventors
- 68
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 0 | 5 |
| 2009 | 0 | 9 |
| 2010 | 1 | 19 |
| 2011 | 1 | 21 |
| 2012 | 2 | 7 |
| 2013 | 6 | 0 |
| 2014 | 2 | 5 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2 |
| 2016 | 11 | 4 |
| 2017 | 16 | 8 |
| 2018 | 5 | 4 |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023 | 3 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Neutron reflector assembly for dynamic spectrum shifting22US 10,734,122 B2TerraPower, LLC · 2020
- Molten fuel nuclear reactor with neutron reflecting coolant21US 10,867,710 B2TerraPower, LLC · 2020
- Anti-proliferation safeguards for nuclear fuel salts16US 11,276,503 B2TerraPower, LLC · 2022
- System and method for annealing nuclear fission reactor materials14US 8,529,713 B2The Invention Science Fund I, LLC · 2013
- Molten fuel nuclear reactor with neutron reflecting coolant10US 10,665,356 B2TerraPower, LLC · 2020