G21C 17/07
Leak testing
G21C17/07 (Leak testing) appears on 75 US grants and 19 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21C- Granted patents
- 75
- Published applications
- 19
- Assignees
- 44
- Inventors
- 157
- Latest grant
- 10 Oct 2023
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2017 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 4 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 | 4 |
| 2022 | 4 | 1 |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Defective fuel bundle location system10 Oct 2023US 11,783,955 B2BWXT Nuclear Energy Canada Inc.
- System and method for stand-off monitoring of nuclear reactors using neutron detection29 Aug 2023US 11,742,101 B2Atomic Energy of Canada Limited/éNergie Atomique Du Canada LimitéE
- Container and method for storing spent nuclear fuel14 Mar 2023US 11,605,474 B2Nfc Logistics, Joint-Stock Company (Nfcl Jsc)
- Analysis device for the detection of fission products by measurement of a radioactivity13 Sep 2022US 11,443,861 B2Framatome
- Defective fuel bundle location system23 Aug 2022US 11,424,043 B2BWXT Nuclear Energy Canada Inc.
- System and method for detecting leaks in a nuclear fuel pool assembly23 Apr 2026US 2026/0112512 A1Westinghouse Electric Corp.
- Method and Apparatus to Test for Defects in Irradiated Nuclear Fuel21 Aug 2025US 2025/0266179 A1
- Microreactor with control neutron absorber assembly including a control neutron absorber rod7 Sep 2023US 2023/0282375 A1Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC
- Defective fuel bundle location system8 Dec 2022US 2022/0392654 A1BWXT Nuclear Energy Canada Inc.
- Defective fuel bundle location system4 Nov 2021US 2021/0343433 A1BWXT Nuclear Energy Canada Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for inspection of nuclear fuel rods57US 4,016,749 A1977
- Method and apparatus for the zone-wise shuffling of nuclear reactor fuel elements30US 4,072,559 ASiemens Aktiengesellschaft · 1978
- Method and apparatus for in situ detection of defective nuclear fuel assembly24US 5,544,208 AGeneral Electric Company · 1996
- Method and equipment for detecting deflective nuclear fuel rods20US 3,945,245 ASiemens Aktiengesellschaft · 1976
- Method for detecting and locating defective nuclear reactor fuel elements18US 4,126,514 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1978