G21C 13/087
Metallic vessels
G21C13/087 (Metallic vessels) appears on 94 US grants and 40 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21C- Granted patents
- 94
- Published applications
- 40
- Assignees
- 56
- Inventors
- 264
- Latest grant
- 30 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 5 |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 |
| 2022 | 4 | 6 |
| 2023 | 4 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026 | 4 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method of manufacturing a dome made of welded components30 Jun 2026US 12,667,918 B2Rolls-Royce Smr Limited
- Nuclear fuel assembly with multi-pitch wire wrap21 Apr 2026US 12,609,209 B2TerraPower, LLC
- Containment for a nuclear reactor10 Feb 2026US 12,548,684 B2Energy Incorporated
- Molten salt nuclear reactor core having a bulbous shape13 Jan 2026US 12,525,364 B2Copenhagen Atomics A/S
- Modular manufacture, delivery, and assembly of nuclear reactor core systems16 Sep 2025US 12,416,175 B2TerraPower, LLC
- Containment structure for nuclear system2 Jul 2026US 2026/0188531 A1Last Energy Inc.
- Molten Salt Nuclear Reactor Core and System7 May 2026US 2026/0128184 A1Copenhagen Atomics A/S
- System & method for 3-d printing a nuclear reactor12 Feb 2026US 2026/0045376 A1Last Energy Inc.
- System for heat transfer between primary and secondary fluid circuits within a diffusion-bonded pressure vessel wall for a nuclear reactor5 Feb 2026US 2026/0038704 A1Last Energy Inc.
- Containment structure for nuclear system15 May 2025US 2025/0157680 A1Last Energy Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Underwater laser processing method and apparatus50US 5,790,620 AKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba · 1998
- Method for reducing corrosion of components exposed to high-temperature water47US 5,135,709 AGeneral Electric Company · 1992
- Operation life of on-life boiling water reactors34US 5,130,081 AGeneral Electric Company · 1992
- Fast nuclear reactor31US 4,048,011 A1977
- Underwater processing device and underwater processing method31US 6,555,779 B1Hitachi, Ltd. · 2003