G21C 3/626
Coated fuel particles
Official title: {Coated fuel particles}
G21C3/626 (Coated fuel particles) appears on 83 US grants and 74 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21C- Granted patents
- 83
- Published applications
- 74
- Assignees
- 55
- Inventors
- 220
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 4 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 |
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| 2017 | 2 | 5 |
| 2018 | 3 | 6 |
| 2019 | 3 | 8 |
| 2020 | 5 | 5 |
| 2021 | 8 | 5 |
| 2022 | 3 | 8 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 |
| 2024 | 4 | 7 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- TRISO architecture for palladium and silicon carbide interaction mitigation29 Sep 2026US 12,749,588 B2UT-Battelle, LLC
- Nuclear reactor core architecture with moderator elements inside insulator elements7 Oct 2025US 12,437,888 B2Loki Mmr Inc.
- Automatic shutdown controller for nuclear reactor system with control drums29 Jul 2025US 12,374,468 B2Loki Mmr Inc.
- Deposition of ceramic layers using liquid organometallic precursors1 Jul 2025US 12,344,932 B2X-energy, LLC
- Coated fuel pellets, methods of making and using same26 Nov 2024US 12,154,698 B2Uchicago Argonne, LLC
- 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
- Nuclear reactor fuel and associated systems and methods30 Apr 2026US 2026/0120897 A1The Leapfrog Nuclear Company
- Nuclear reactor core architecture with enhanced heat transfer and safety9 Apr 2026US 2026/0100291 A1Loki Mmr Inc.
- Portable nuclear power system26 Jun 2025US 2025/0210214 A1Nucube Energy, Inc.
- High-temperature dense composite nuclear fuel material and method for producing same3 Apr 2025US 2025/0111955 A1Joint Stock Company “Rosenergoatom”
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
- Fully ceramic nuclear fuel and related methods28US 9,299,464 B2Logos Technologies, LLC · 2016
- Fluidized bed-gas coater apparatus26US 4,080,927 AGeneral Atomic Company · 1978
- Apparatus for coating nuclear fuel pellets with a burnable absorber24US 4,560,462 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1985
- Nuclear fuel particle having a pressure vessel comprising layers of pyrolytic graphite and silicon carbide22US 10,573,416 B2Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation · 2020