G21C 13/024
Supporting constructions for pressure vessels or containment vessels
G21C13/024 (Supporting constructions for pressure vessels or containment vessels) appears on 134 US grants and 103 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21C- Granted patents
- 134
- Published applications
- 103
- Assignees
- 74
- Inventors
- 339
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 0 | 5 |
| 2013 | 2 | 6 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4 |
| 2015 | 1 | 7 |
| 2016 | 6 | 9 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4 |
| 2018 | 3 | 7 |
| 2019 | 7 | 10 |
| 2020 | 15 | 6 |
| 2021 | 6 | 4 |
| 2022 | 5 | 8 |
| 2023 | 4 | 6 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4 |
| 2026 | 5 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Device for supporting a nuclear reactor core34US 3,953,289 ACommissariat A L' Energie Atomique · 1976
- Fast nuclear reactor31US 4,048,011 A1977
- Earthquake resistant hall for a nuclear boiler and its confinement chamber24US 4,581,199 AAlsthom-Atlantique · 1986
- Support system23US 4,328,648 A1982
- Internal dry containment vessel for a nuclear reactor22US 8,687,759 B2State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University · 2014