Y02E 30/00
Energy generation of nuclear origin
Y02E30/00 (Energy generation of nuclear origin) appears on 12,260 US grants and 7,733 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in Y02E- Granted patents
- 12,260
- Published applications
- 7,733
- Assignees
- 2,528
- Inventors
- 20,192
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 342 | 0 |
| 1977 | 308 | 0 |
| 1978 | 309 | 0 |
| 1979 | 184 | 0 |
| 1980 | 241 | 0 |
| 1981 | 293 | 0 |
| 1982 | 225 | 0 |
| 1983 | 198 | 0 |
| 1984 | 220 | 0 |
| 1985 | 212 | 0 |
| 1986 | 290 | 0 |
| 1987 | 560 | 0 |
| 1988 | 369 | 0 |
| 1989 | 341 | 0 |
| 1990 | 259 | 0 |
| 1991 | 312 | 0 |
| 1992 | 319 | 0 |
| 1993 | 349 | 0 |
| 1994 | 330 | 0 |
| 1995 | 221 | 0 |
| 1996 | 211 | 0 |
| 1997 | 199 | 0 |
| 1998 | 229 | 0 |
| 1999 | 182 | 0 |
| 2000 | 109 | 0 |
| 2001 | 150 | 35 |
| 2002 | 163 | 146 |
| 2003 | 153 | 187 |
| 2004 | 116 | 165 |
| 2005 | 124 | 173 |
| 2006 | 79 | 212 |
| 2007 | 71 | 199 |
| 2008 | 90 | 211 |
| 2009 | 100 | 281 |
| 2010 | 116 | 338 |
| 2011 | 124 | 344 |
| 2012 | 154 | 344 |
| 2013 | 219 | 428 |
| 2014 | 290 | 355 |
| 2015 | 238 | 342 |
| 2016 | 277 | 349 |
| 2017 | 330 | 348 |
| 2018 | 293 | 378 |
| 2019 | 332 | 314 |
| 2020 | 357 | 435 |
| 2021 | 290 | 390 |
| 2022 | 324 | 389 |
| 2023 | 311 | 435 |
| 2024 | 291 | 405 |
| 2025 | 300 | 290 |
| 2026 | 156 | 240 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- System including a bypass pipe that routes some sodium coolant from a primary pump discharge upward to sodium measuring instruments located near a nuclear reactor head25 Aug 2026US 12,718,961 B2TerraPower, LLC
- Transport basket for defective spent nuclear fuel of heavy-water reactor25 Aug 2026US 12,718,962 B2Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd.
- Fast-neutron flux radiating device with an improved support for a target of radiations and radiating method thereof25 Aug 2026US 12,718,964 B2ENEA - Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l’energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile
- System and methods for forming and maintaining high energy and temperature FRC plasma via neutral beam injection25 Aug 2026US 12,720,663 B2Tae Technologies, Inc.
- Radiation inspection system18 Aug 2026US 12,710,382 B2Nuctech Company Limited
- Power generation and methods regarding same24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286883 A1Brilliant Light Power, Inc.
- Molten fuel reactor thermal management configurations24 Sep 2026US 2026/0290630 A1c/o TerraPower, LLC
- Apparatus for classifying radioactive waste, and system for classifying nuclear facility dismantlement waste comprising same27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251808 A1Bns Co., Ltd.
- Blanket for fusion reactor27 Aug 2026US 2026/0253751 A1Kyoto Fusioneering Ltd.
- Internal flow structures for molten salt reactors27 Aug 2026US 2026/0253754 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Photoelectric enhanced plasma glow discharge system and method including radiation means514US 4,664,769 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1987
- Plant maintenance with predictive diagnostics387US 5,311,562 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1994
- Plasma facing components of nuclear fusion reactors employing tungsten materials370US 6,261,648 B1Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute · 2001
- Plasma facing components of nuclear fusion reactors employing tungsten materials369US 6,610,375 B2Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute · 2003
- Gas cooled nuclear reactor346US 4,504,439 AHochtemperatur-Reaktorbau GmbH · 1985