G21C 1/326
Wherein the heat exchanger is disposed next to or beside the core
Official title: {wherein the heat exchanger is disposed next to or beside the core}
G21C1/326 (Wherein the heat exchanger is disposed next to or beside the core) appears on 44 US grants and 42 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21C- Granted patents
- 44
- Published applications
- 42
- Assignees
- 23
- Inventors
- 138
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
Filings by year
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| 2015 | 3 | 1 |
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| 2017 | 1 | 5 |
| 2018 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 |
| 2020 | 5 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 5 | 7 |
| 2023 | 4 | 3 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 |
| 2026 | 3 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Thermogenic swimming-pool type nuclear reactor31US 4,033,814 ACommissariat A L' Energie Atomique · 1977
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