G21C 21/00
Apparatus or processes specially adapted to the manufacture of reactors or parts
Official title: Apparatus or processes specially adapted to the manufacture of reactors or parts thereof (in general section B, e.g. B23)
G21C21/00 (Apparatus or processes specially adapted to the manufacture of reactors or parts) appears on 605 US grants and 614 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21C- Granted patents
- 605
- Published applications
- 614
- Assignees
- 247
- Inventors
- 1,523
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 13 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 12 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 9 | 0 |
| 1986 | 8 | 0 |
| 1987 | 15 | 0 |
| 1988 | 7 | 0 |
| 1989 | 9 | 0 |
| 1990 | 11 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 14 | 0 |
| 1995 | 7 | 0 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 2 |
| 2002 | 4 | 7 |
| 2003 | 3 | 5 |
| 2004 | 8 | 9 |
| 2005 | 4 | 5 |
| 2006 | 1 | 13 |
| 2007 | 2 | 13 |
| 2008 | 3 | 8 |
| 2009 | 10 | 14 |
| 2010 | 10 | 29 |
| 2011 | 5 | 19 |
| 2012 | 6 | 20 |
| 2013 | 14 | 30 |
| 2014 | 20 | 36 |
| 2015 | 25 | 26 |
| 2016 | 21 | 36 |
| 2017 | 33 | 38 |
| 2018 | 34 | 30 |
| 2019 | 31 | 23 |
| 2020 | 31 | 50 |
| 2021 | 32 | 37 |
| 2022 | 24 | 47 |
| 2023 | 28 | 38 |
| 2024 | 31 | 32 |
| 2025 | 20 | 25 |
| 2026 | 21 | 22 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- TRISO architecture for palladium and silicon carbide interaction mitigation29 Sep 2026US 12,749,588 B2UT-Battelle, LLC
- Integrated monopile system having a nuclear reactor18 Aug 2026US 12,712,090 B2Blue Energy Global Inc.
- Method for removing dousing tank of heavy water reactor structure11 Aug 2026US 12,706,226 B2Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd.
- Fuel element with multi-smear density fuel4 Aug 2026US 12,700,514 B2TerraPower, LLC
- Fuel cladding covered by a mesh4 Aug 2026US 12,700,515 B2Westinghouse Electric Corp.
- Use of oxidation resistant coatings to increase thin walled cladding tensile strength to increase uranium loadings1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301977 A1Westinghouse Electric Corp.
- A Modular Transportable Nuclear Power Plant24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285450 A1Energie propre Prodigy Ltee / Prodigy Clean Energy Ltd.
- Swell Resistant Fuel Pellets and Methods of Manufacture Thereof20 Aug 2026US 2026/0245750 A1
- Calandria nuclear core assembly and method of assembling a nuclear moderator core system20 Aug 2026US 2026/0245752 A1Terrestrial Energy Inc.
- Coextruded fuel pellets and methods of manufacture thereof20 Aug 2026US 2026/0245755 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method for making fuel cladding having zirconium barrier layers and inner liners35US 5,383,228 AGeneral Electric Company · 1995
- Method for computer modeling the core of a nuclear reactor35US 7,428,479 B2Areva Np · 2008
- SIC-composite material sleeve and process for producing the same34US 6,246,740 B1Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute · 2001
- Manufacture of zirconium cladding tube with internal liner28US 5,620,536 AABB Atom AB · 1997
- Smooth collet for pulling fuel rods28US 6,895,067 B2Framatome ANP GmbH · 2005