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G21D 7/04

using thermoelectric elements

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Arrangements for direct production of electric energy from fusion or fission reactions > using thermoelectric elements

Classification Context

Section:
PHYSICS
Class:
NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
Subclass:
NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

Filing statistics

IPC G21D 7/04 belongs to the parent subclass G21D, which recorded 7,179 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 570 in 2013 to 862 in 2023 (+51%). The most active applicants in class G21 are CHINA GENERAL NUCLEAR POWER CORPORATION (2,364 applications), CGN POWER COMPANY (1,899 applications) and CHINA NUCLEAR POWER ENGINEERING COMPANY (1,870 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

Related Keywords

CONVERSION of nuclear energy into electric currentusing THERMO electricity for conversion of nuclear energy into electric current

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G21, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. CHINA GENERAL NUCLEAR POWER CORPORATION 2,364
  2. CGN POWER COMPANY 1,899
  3. CHINA NUCLEAR POWER ENGINEERING COMPANY 1,870
  4. NUCLEAR POWER INSTITUTE OF CHINA 1,517
  5. KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE KR 1,367
  6. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION US 1,295
  7. KOREA HYDRO & NUCLEAR POWER COMPANY KR 1,196
  8. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 1,044
  9. CHINA INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC ENERGY 1,011
  10. HITACHI-GE NUCLEAR ENERGY 955