G21C 3/623
Oxide fuels
Official title: {Oxide fuels}
G21C3/623 (Oxide fuels) appears on 226 US grants and 141 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21C- Granted patents
- 226
- Published applications
- 141
- Assignees
- 131
- Inventors
- 548
- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 10 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 9 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 9 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4 |
| 2005 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 |
| 2007 | 2 | 4 |
| 2008 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 9 |
| 2011 | 2 | 6 |
| 2012 | 3 | 9 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4 |
| 2014 | 5 | 8 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3 |
| 2016 | 6 | 6 |
| 2017 | 4 | 7 |
| 2018 | 9 | 7 |
| 2019 | 7 | 4 |
| 2020 | 7 | 8 |
| 2021 | 7 | 16 |
| 2022 | 5 | 8 |
| 2023 | 8 | 7 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 |
| 2025 | 6 | 4 |
| 2026 | 5 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- 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
- Nuclear reactor system inside a borehole28 Apr 2026US 12,614,643 B2Deep Fission, Inc.
- 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.
- Non-liquid manufacture for uranium bearing kernel19 Mar 2026US 2026/0081043 A1Westinghouse Electric Corp.
- Installation and method for converting uranium hexafluoride to uranium dioxide8 Jan 2026US 2026/0008689 A1Framatome
- Method for preparing a powder comprising one or more oxides selected from uranium oxide uo2, plutonium oxide puo2 and minor actinide oxides18 Dec 2025US 2025/0382232 A1Commissariat A L' Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Method for producing oxide powder25US 4,364,859 ADoryokuro Kakunenryo Kaihatsu Jigyodan · 1982
- Process for the production of fuel and fertile particles24US 4,119,563 AHOBEG Hochtemperaturreaktor-Brennelement GmbH · 1978