G21C 19/07
Storage racks
Official title: Storage racks; Storage pools
G21C19/07 (Storage racks) appears on 265 US grants and 210 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21C- Granted patents
- 265
- Published applications
- 210
- Assignees
- 123
- Inventors
- 533
- Latest grant
- 5 May 2026
Filings by year
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| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1982 | 10 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4 |
| 2003 | 3 | 5 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 0 | 4 |
| 2010 | 1 | 8 |
| 2011 | 3 | 7 |
| 2012 | 5 | 10 |
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| 2019 | 17 | 7 |
| 2020 | 14 | 15 |
| 2021 | 9 | 13 |
| 2022 | 10 | 8 |
| 2023 | 7 | 10 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10 |
| 2025 | 8 | 5 |
| 2026 | 5 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Offshore and marine vessel-based nuclear reactor configuration, deployment and operation5 May 2026US 12,620,501 B2Energie propre Prodigy Ltee / Prodigy Clean Energy Ltd.
- Spent nuclear fuel storage rack system with reactivity controls3 Mar 2026US 12,567,509 B2Holtec International
- Methods for cold spraying nickel particles on a substrate17 Feb 2026US 12,551,922 B2NAC International, Inc.
- Fuel handling system, layout, and process for nuclear reactor17 Feb 2026US 12,555,694 B2TerraPower, LLC
- Method and apparatus for improved removal and retention of radioactive particulates from fluids10 Feb 2026US 12,548,685 B2Vrd, LLC
- Offshore and marine vessel-based nuclear reactor configuration, deployment and operation2 Jul 2026US 2026/0188534 A1Energie propre Prodigy Ltee / Prodigy Clean Energy Ltd.
- Fuel handling system, layout, and process for nuclear reactor25 Jun 2026US 2026/0179795 A1TerraPower, LLC
- Fire impact minimization system of spent nuclear fuel storage facility21 May 2026US 2026/0142052 A1Kepco Engineering & Construction Company, Inc.
- Simplified economic ventilated metal storage system (sevmss)20 Nov 2025US 2025/0357015 A1NAC International, Inc.
- Nuclear fuel decay heat utilization system18 Sep 2025US 2025/0292921 A1Holtec International
Most cited
By later US patents
- Horizontal modular dry irradiated fuel storage system70US 4,780,269 ANutech Company Limited · 1988
- On-site concrete cask storage system for spent nuclear fuel60US 4,800,062 ANuclear Packaging, Inc. · 1989
- Lightweight, removable gate seal50US 4,355,000 AThe Presray Corporation · 1982
- Device for damping shocks caused by _moving heavy objects40US 4,492,291 ACommissariat A L' Energie Atomique · 1985
- Dry storage facility for irradiated nuclear reactor fuel elements40US 4,525,324 ADeutsche Gesellschaft fur Wiederaufarbeitung von Kernbrennstoffen mbH · 1985