G21C 3/06
Casings
Official title: Casings; Jackets
G21C3/06 (Casings) appears on 582 US grants and 409 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21C- Granted patents
- 582
- Published applications
- 409
- Assignees
- 197
- Inventors
- 1,217
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 10 | 0 |
| 1978 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
| 1987 | 17 | 0 |
| 1988 | 19 | 0 |
| 1989 | 21 | 0 |
| 1990 | 17 | 0 |
| 1991 | 15 | 0 |
| 1992 | 9 | 0 |
| 1993 | 34 | 0 |
| 1994 | 15 | 0 |
| 1995 | 13 | 0 |
| 1996 | 13 | 0 |
| 1997 | 15 | 0 |
| 1998 | 25 | 0 |
| 1999 | 14 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 2 |
| 2002 | 5 | 4 |
| 2003 | 8 | 6 |
| 2004 | 5 | 2 |
| 2005 | 6 | 4 |
| 2006 | 1 | 9 |
| 2007 | 2 | 5 |
| 2008 | 3 | 8 |
| 2009 | 4 | 11 |
| 2010 | 7 | 16 |
| 2011 | 4 | 11 |
| 2012 | 5 | 10 |
| 2013 | 5 | 20 |
| 2014 | 15 | 24 |
| 2015 | 12 | 22 |
| 2016 | 18 | 20 |
| 2017 | 18 | 22 |
| 2018 | 22 | 25 |
| 2019 | 21 | 17 |
| 2020 | 17 | 39 |
| 2021 | 23 | 21 |
| 2022 | 18 | 33 |
| 2023 | 17 | 27 |
| 2024 | 18 | 25 |
| 2025 | 20 | 13 |
| 2026 | 16 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Heat pipe fuel element and fission reactor incorporating same, particularly having phyllotaxis spacing pattern of heat pipe fuel elements, and method of manufacture8 Sep 2026US 12,731,700 B2BWXT Advanced Technologies LLC
- Fuel cladding covered by a mesh4 Aug 2026US 12,700,515 B2Westinghouse Electric Corp.
- Nuclear fuel rods and heat pipes in a graphite moderator matrix for a micro-reactor, with the fuel rods having fuel pellets in a BeO sleeve7 Jul 2026US 12,676,245 B2Westinghouse Electric Corp.
- Method for manufacturing a coated nuclear reactor component having a marking30 Jun 2026US 12,671,003 B2Framatome
- Nuclear fuel rod and manufacturing method23 Jun 2026US 12,665,097 B2Framatome
- Methods for fabricating articles having different materials through hot isostatic pressing and additive manufacturing, methods for fabricating nuclear fuel assemblies through hot isostatic pressing and additive manufacturing, and related nuclear fuel assemblies1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295669 A1Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC
- Use of oxidation resistant coatings to increase thin walled cladding tensile strength to increase uranium loadings1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301977 A1Westinghouse Electric Corp.
- Fuel Assembly24 Sep 2026US 2026/0290631 A1Hitachi, Ltd.
- Method for manufacturing a nuclear fuel rod cladding and corresponding nuclear fuel rod cladding6 Aug 2026US 2026/0229379 A1
- Metallic component for aqueous environments30 Jul 2026US 2026/0218367 A1Fondazione Istituto Italiano Di Tecnologia
Most cited
By later US patents
- Process for fabricating a zirconium-niobium alloy and articles resulting therefrom53US 4,649,023 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1987
- Fe-base austenitic steel having single crystalline austenitic phase, method for producing of same and usage of same45US 5,203,932 AHitachi, Ltd. · 1993
- Water cooled nuclear reactor and fuel elements therefor44US 5,182,077 AGamma Engineering Corporation · 1993
- Fuel rod end plug welding method43US 5,158,740 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1992
- Nuclear fuel element having oxidation resistant cladding42US 4,894,203 AGeneral Electric Company · 1990