G21C 3/3262
Enrichment distribution in zones
Official title: {Enrichment distribution in zones}
G21C3/3262 (Enrichment distribution in zones) appears on 25 US grants and 37 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21C- Granted patents
- 25
- Published applications
- 37
- Assignees
- 14
- Inventors
- 70
- Latest grant
- 5 May 2026
Filings by year
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| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 4 |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 |
| 2014 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 4 | 2 |
| 2023 | 3 | 2 |
| 2024 | 4 | 8 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Fuel assembly5 May 2026US 12,620,499 B2Thorium Power, Inc.
- Light water reactor fuel assembly, light water reactor core and MOX fuel assembly production method3 Dec 2024US 12,159,728 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Thorium-based fuel design for pressurized heavy water reactors3 Sep 2024US 12,080,436 B2Clean Core Thorium Energy LLC
- Thorium-based fuel design for pressurized heavy water reactors12 Mar 2024US 11,929,183 B2Clean Core Thorium Energy LLC
- Fuel assembly2 Jan 2024US 11,862,353 B2Thorium Power, Inc.
- Thorium-based fuel design for pressurized heavy water reactors19 Dec 2024US 2024/0420854 A1Clean Core Thorium Energy LLC
- Multi-zone fuel element28 Nov 2024US 2024/0395424 A1Lightbridge, Inc.
- Thorium-based fuel design for pressurized heavy water reactors8 Aug 2024US 2024/0266079 A1Clean Core Thorium Energy LLC
- Fuel assemblies in fast reactor and fast reactor core30 May 2024US 2024/0177876 A1Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.
- Light water reactor fuel assembly, light water reactor core and mox fuel assembly production method28 Mar 2024US 2024/0105350 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fuel assembly for nuclear reactor12US 5,198,186 AKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba · 1993
- Universal inverted reactor10US 11,437,156 B2BWXT Nuclear Energy, Inc. · 2022
- Fuel assembly5US 10,037,823 B2Thorium Power, Inc. · 2018
- Light-water reactor fuel assembly (alternatives), a light-water reactor, and a fuel element of fuel assembly4US 9,355,747 B2Thorium Power, Inc. · 2016
- Method of manufacturing a nuclear fuel assembly3US 10,991,473 B2Thorium Power, Inc. · 2021