G21C 3/08
Provided with external means to promote heat-transfer
Official title: provided with external means to promote heat-transfer, e.g. fins, baffles
G21C3/08 (Provided with external means to promote heat-transfer) appears on 33 US grants and 43 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21C- Granted patents
- 33
- Published applications
- 43
- Assignees
- 22
- Inventors
- 115
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 3 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 4 | 1 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 4 |
| 2021 | 4 | 5 |
| 2022 | 2 | 5 |
| 2023 | 4 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 7 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 |
| 2026 | 4 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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 assembly5 May 2026US 12,620,499 B2Thorium Power, Inc.
- Nuclear reactor system inside a borehole28 Apr 2026US 12,614,643 B2Deep Fission, Inc.
- Nuclear fuel assembly with multi-pitch wire wrap21 Apr 2026US 12,609,209 B2TerraPower, LLC
- Heat exchanger in a borehole receives heat through a rock formation from another borehole which includes a nuclear reactor11 Nov 2025US 12,469,612 B2Deep Fission, Inc.
- 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
- Drillhole nuclear reactor14 Aug 2025US 2025/0259757 A1Deep Fission, Inc.
- Nuclear reactor for heat and power generation19 Dec 2024US 2024/0420855 A1Oklo Inc.
- Nuclear reactor for heat and power generation24 Oct 2024US 2024/0355491 A1Oklo Inc.
- Drillhole nuclear reactor10 Oct 2024US 2024/0339231 A1Deep Fission, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fuel element for a reactor10US 3,930,941 AGesellschaft fur Kernforschung m.b.H. · 1976
- Fuel assembly9US 10,170,207 B2Thorium Power, Inc. · 2019
- Nuclear reactor (alternatives), fuel assembly of seed-blanket subassemblies for nuclear reactor (alternatives), and fuel element for fuel assembly8US 8,116,423 B2Thorium Power, Inc. · 2012
- Nuclear reactor (alternatives), fuel assembly of seed-blanket subassemblies for nuclear reactor (alternatives), and fuel element for fuel assembly6US 8,654,917 B2Thorium Power, Inc. · 2014
- Fuel assembly5US 10,037,823 B2Thorium Power, Inc. · 2018