G21C 7/36
Control circuits
G21C7/36 (Control circuits) appears on 140 US grants and 96 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21C- Granted patents
- 140
- Published applications
- 96
- Assignees
- 56
- Inventors
- 306
- Latest grant
- 19 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 4 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 10 |
| 2014 | 2 | 3 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 3 | 9 |
| 2017 | 8 | 7 |
| 2018 | 5 | 7 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3 |
| 2020 | 8 | 5 |
| 2021 | 8 | 6 |
| 2022 | 2 | 5 |
| 2023 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 |
| 2026 | 2 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method for determining real-time thermal power of a nuclear reactor based on number of gamma rays counted19 May 2026US 12,633,426 B2Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Zur FöRderung Der Wissenschaften E. V.
- Nuclear reactor protection systems and methods7 Apr 2026US 12,597,529 B2NuScale Power, LLC
- Digital systems and methods for high precision control in nuclear reactors16 Sep 2025US 12,417,855 B2GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
- Nuclear reactor protection systems and methods29 Jul 2025US 12,374,467 B2NuScale Power, LLC
- Method for monitoring a nuclear core comprising a relaxation of a threshold, and associated programme, support and nuclear reactor1 Jul 2025US 12,347,579 B2Framatome
- Nuclear reactor protection systems and methods1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301980 A1NuScale Power, LLC
- Hamr pebble reactor23 Jul 2026US 2026/0213027 A1Odin Electric, Inc.
- Nuclear reactor protection systems and methods4 Jun 2026US 2026/0155267 A1NuScale Power, LLC
- Method for Performing Star/ARWV Reconciliation30 Apr 2026US 2026/0120903 A1Westinghouse Electric Corp.
- Nuclear reactor and method of autonomous control of such nuclear reactor23 Apr 2026US 2026/0112511 A1Copenhagen Atomics A/S
Most cited
By later US patents
- Plant monitoring and diagnosing method and system, as well as plant equipped with the system63US 5,817,958 AHitachi, Ltd. · 1998
- System and process for the control of a nuclear power system44US 4,330,367 ACombustion Engineering, Inc. · 1982
- Method of determining a fresh fuel bundle design for a core of a nuclear reactor37US 7,574,337 B2Global Nuclear Fuel - Americas, LLC · 2009
- Apparatus and method for controlling a nuclear reactor27US 4,080,251 ACombustion Engineering, Inc. · 1978
- Reactor control system verification25US 4,783,307 ACommonwealth Edison Company · 1988