G21C 1/322
Wherein the heat exchanger is disposed above the core
Official title: {wherein the heat exchanger is disposed above the core}
G21C1/322 (Wherein the heat exchanger is disposed above the core) appears on 112 US grants and 133 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21C- Granted patents
- 112
- Published applications
- 133
- Assignees
- 61
- Inventors
- 276
- Latest grant
- 7 Jul 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2006 | 2 | 2 |
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| 2009 | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 6 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 6 |
| 2013 | 3 | 21 |
| 2014 | 6 | 7 |
| 2015 | 7 | 6 |
| 2016 | 9 | 14 |
| 2017 | 10 | 3 |
| 2018 | 8 | 6 |
| 2019 | 7 | 4 |
| 2020 | 11 | 4 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | 2 | 8 |
| 2023 | 3 | 12 |
| 2024 | 4 | 6 |
| 2025 | 8 | 7 |
| 2026 | 4 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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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
- Industrial technique for an integral compact reactor49US 4,072,563 AThe Babcock & Wilcox Company · 1978
- Full pressure passive emergency core cooling and residual heat removal system for water cooled nuclear reactors47US 5,102,616 ARolls-Royce and Associates Limited · 1992
- Water cooled nuclear reactor and pressurizer assembly38US 5,053,190 ARolls-Royce and Associates Limited · 1991