G21F 9/005
Decontamination of the surface of objects by ablation
Official title: {Decontamination of the surface of objects by ablation}
G21F9/005 (Decontamination of the surface of objects by ablation) appears on 45 US grants and 36 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21F- Granted patents
- 45
- Published applications
- 36
- Assignees
- 46
- Inventors
- 169
- Latest grant
- 17 Feb 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Grit blasting17 Feb 2026US 12,555,698 B2Ddp Specialty Electronic Materis US, LLC.
- Structural-coupling system for laser and method of use4 Feb 2025US 12,214,386 B2
- Autonomous path planning and path execution for decontamination of nuclear power plant objects27 Jun 2023US 11,685,054 B2Westinghouse Electric Corp.
- Radiation detectors employing contemporaneous detection and decontamination29 Mar 2022US 11,289,231 B2Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC
- Radiation detectors employing contemporaneous detection and decontamination29 Sep 2020US 10,790,070 B2Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC
- Laser ablation decontamination system and method of using same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301983 A1
- High-intensity focused ultrasound apparatus and method for decontaminating solid radioactive waste7 Nov 2024US 2024/0371537 A1Enesg Co., Ltd.
- Laser ablation system and method22 Jun 2023US 2023/0197305 A1Eclipse Automation, Inc.
- Structural-coupling system for laser and method of use18 May 2023US 2023/0149983 A1Adapt Laser Systems LLC
- Artificial intelligence-based robotized smart laser ablating systems for multi-dimensional objects4 Aug 2022US 2022/0241891 A16684327 Canada Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method for cleaning the inner surface of tubular members50US 5,046,289 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1991
- High pressure cleaner equipped with a recovery means for the cleaning liquid and waste36US 5,125,126 ACogema-Compagnie Generale des Matieres Nucleaires · 1992
- Ultrasonic decontamination robot29US 4,595,419 AProto-Power Corporation · 1986
- Laser decontamination method28US 6,056,827 AJapan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute · 2000
- Process and apparatus for decontaminating plant parts contaminated with radioactive material20US 4,800,063 AErnst Schmutz GmbH · 1989