G21C 3/07
Characterised by their material
Official title: characterised by their material, e.g. alloys
G21C3/07 (Characterised by their material) appears on 349 US grants and 285 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21C- Granted patents
- 349
- Published applications
- 285
- Assignees
- 149
- Inventors
- 803
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 8 | 5 |
| 2004 | 4 | 1 |
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| 2006 | 1 | 8 |
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| 2010 | 6 | 13 |
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| 2018 | 15 | 18 |
| 2019 | 11 | 11 |
| 2020 | 14 | 30 |
| 2021 | 18 | 12 |
| 2022 | 11 | 20 |
| 2023 | 12 | 21 |
| 2024 | 11 | 12 |
| 2025 | 9 | 7 |
| 2026 | 9 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- 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.
- Nuclear fuel rod and manufacturing method23 Jun 2026US 12,665,097 B2Framatome
- Multi-layered nuclear fuel cladding and method for manufacturing multi-layered nuclear fuel cladding9 Jun 2026US 12,651,673 B2Gachon University of Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
- Cladding and assembly for nuclear applications5 May 2026US 12,620,500 B2Rolls-Royce High Temperature Composites Inc.
- Use of oxidation resistant coatings to increase thin walled cladding tensile strength to increase uranium loadings1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301977 A1Westinghouse Electric Corp.
- 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
- Fuel cladding interactions (fci) resistant coating and methods of making the same18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168108 A1Uchicago Argonne, LLC
- Ordered particle fuel4 Jun 2026US 2026/0155265 A1Standard Nuclear, Inc.
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
- Wear resistant nuclear fuel assembly components37US 5,265,137 ASiemens Power Corporation · 1993
- Corrosion resistant zirconium liner for nuclear fuel rod cladding31US 5,247,550 ASiemens Power Corporation · 1993