ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,638, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).
"Cutting element including two or more shaped cutting features, each having a convex and inwardly/downwardly angled shape" was invented by Shilin Chen (Conroe, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a cutting element, a drill bit, and a well system. The cutting element, in one aspect, includes a cutting section, the cutting element including a cutting section thickness (tc) and a cutting face. The cutting element, according to one aspect, further includes two or more shaped cutting features extending from the cutting face, wherein each of ...