G21C 1/04
Thermal reactors
Official title: Thermal reactors {; Epithermal reactors}
G21C1/04 (Thermal reactors) appears on 529 US grants and 412 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21C- Granted patents
- 529
- Published applications
- 412
- Assignees
- 196
- Inventors
- 1,150
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 14 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 16 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 8 | 0 |
| 1981 | 11 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 7 | 0 |
| 1987 | 21 | 0 |
| 1988 | 17 | 0 |
| 1989 | 12 | 0 |
| 1990 | 7 | 0 |
| 1991 | 15 | 0 |
| 1992 | 33 | 0 |
| 1993 | 17 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 12 | 0 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 4 |
| 2003 | 4 | 5 |
| 2004 | 3 | 11 |
| 2005 | 6 | 4 |
| 2006 | 0 | 5 |
| 2007 | 0 | 11 |
| 2008 | 5 | 7 |
| 2009 | 2 | 11 |
| 2010 | 4 | 9 |
| 2011 | 7 | 14 |
| 2012 | 1 | 17 |
| 2013 | 10 | 22 |
| 2014 | 10 | 14 |
| 2015 | 11 | 29 |
| 2016 | 19 | 27 |
| 2017 | 17 | 27 |
| 2018 | 21 | 24 |
| 2019 | 22 | 18 |
| 2020 | 18 | 27 |
| 2021 | 29 | 22 |
| 2022 | 20 | 30 |
| 2023 | 23 | 20 |
| 2024 | 26 | 17 |
| 2025 | 8 | 19 |
| 2026 | 7 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Nuclear reactor and method for control thereof22 Sep 2026US 12,744,130 B2
- 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
- Micro nuclear reactor having a heat pipe extending into a core comprising fuel particles mixed with moderator particles, where the particles can be gravity discharged from the core through a bottom outlet17 Mar 2026US 12,580,088 B2Seoul National University R&Db Foundation
- Molten fuel reactor thermal management configurations24 Feb 2026US 12,562,287 B2TerraPower, LLC
- Nuclear reactor loading system and methods of use thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311901 A1Abilene Christian University
- Molten fuel reactor thermal management configurations24 Sep 2026US 2026/0290630 A1c/o TerraPower, LLC
- A method of operating a molten salt reactor24 Sep 2026US 2026/0290633 A1Saltfoss Energy Aps
- Nuclear reactor loading system and methods of use thereof17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279606 A1Abilene Christian University
- Calandria nuclear core assembly and method of assembling a nuclear moderator core system20 Aug 2026US 2026/0245752 A1Terrestrial Energy Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Destruction of plutonium47US 5,513,226 AGeneral Atomics · 1996
- Boiling water reactor nuclear power plant and its construction method46US 6,810,099 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba · 2004
- Miniaturized nuclear reactor utilizing improved pressure tube structural members44US 5,640,434 A1997
- Fission reaction control in a molten salt reactor43US 10,438,705 B2TerraPower, LLC · 2019
- Nuclear reactor for breeding U.sup.23343US 3,960,655 AThe United States of America as represented by the United States Energy Research and Development Administration · 1976