G21C 3/62
Ceramic fuel
G21C3/62 (Ceramic fuel) appears on 381 US grants and 280 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21C- Granted patents
- 381
- Published applications
- 280
- Assignees
- 191
- Inventors
- 866
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 18 | 0 |
| 1977 | 18 | 0 |
| 1978 | 11 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 13 | 0 |
| 1981 | 15 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 12 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | 8 | 0 |
| 1986 | 7 | 0 |
| 1987 | 11 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 10 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 | 3 |
| 2003 | 4 | 5 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4 |
| 2005 | 2 | 6 |
| 2006 | 4 | 6 |
| 2007 | 2 | 8 |
| 2008 | 1 | 8 |
| 2009 | 1 | 6 |
| 2010 | 4 | 12 |
| 2011 | 3 | 13 |
| 2012 | 3 | 12 |
| 2013 | 3 | 11 |
| 2014 | 7 | 9 |
| 2015 | 8 | 8 |
| 2016 | 8 | 9 |
| 2017 | 10 | 16 |
| 2018 | 14 | 13 |
| 2019 | 12 | 10 |
| 2020 | 14 | 18 |
| 2021 | 17 | 26 |
| 2022 | 13 | 23 |
| 2023 | 15 | 19 |
| 2024 | 15 | 18 |
| 2025 | 13 | 6 |
| 2026 | 9 | 9 |
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
- Composite uranium silicide-uranium dioxide nuclear fuel28 Jul 2026US 12,694,995 B2University of South Carolina
- Method for preparing UO2 mixture powder for nuclear fuel manufacturing by means of IBC blender, and UO2 mixture powder for nuclear fuel manufacturing, prepared thereby21 Jul 2026US 12,688,944 B2Kepco Nuclear Fuel Co., Ltd.
- Composite ammonium diuranate gel particles with a phenolic resin phase, and methods of making the same16 Jun 2026US 12,655,027 B2X-energy, LLC
- Device, system and method for detecting transport boats2 Jun 2026US 12,646,631 B2ALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH
- Heat-generating nuclear reactor with liquid metal coolant and core comprising coolant-sealed tubes each housing "triso" nuclear fuel particles24 Sep 2026US 2026/0290636 A1Commissariat A L' Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
- Composite ammonium diuranate gel particles with a phenolic resin phase, and methods of making the same17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274684 A1X-energy, LLC
- Integral burnable coating for resisting fuel fragmentation, relocation, and dispersal and pellet-cladding bond formation6 Aug 2026US 2026/0229375 A1Westinghouse Electric Corp.
- Fuel bundle with twisted ribbon fuel rodlets for nuclear thermal propulsion applications, structures for manufacture, and methods of manufacture6 Aug 2026US 2026/0229376 A1BWXT Advanced Technologies LLC
- Gpu-accelerated digital twin system for real-time thermal-hydraulic simulation and control of space nuclear reactors16 Jul 2026US 2026/0204445 A1Hgp Intelligent Energy, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Control of a laser inertial confinement fusion-fission power plant40US 9,171,646 B2Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC · 2015
- Process for producing sintered mixed oxides which are soluble in nitric acid from solutions of nitrates39US 4,871,479 AComurhex Societe pour la Conversion de l'Uranium en Metal et Hexafluorure · 1989
- Coprocessed nuclear fuels containing (U, Pu) values as oxides, carbides or carbonitrides37US 4,397,778 A1983
- Molten salt extraction of transuranic and reactive fission products from used uranium oxide fuel28US 8,734,738 B1U. S. Department of Energy · 2014
- Fully ceramic nuclear fuel and related methods28US 9,299,464 B2Logos Technologies, LLC · 2016