(under subclass 643) Subject matter in which externally applied heat is obtained from a radioactive decay or indirectly from a nuclear reactor.
(1) Note. Class 376 provides for all patents involving a nuclear reactor which is more than nominally recited, e.g., by reciting details of the reactor core or by reciting a coolant as flowing through the nuclear reactor.
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203.1, for a reaction motor energized by electric, radioactive decay, or radiated energy fluid heating means.
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376, Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements,
317+, for a nuclear reactor wherein steam is conducted exterior of the reactor and used in a heat exchanger or
