US Patent Issued to US SYNTHETIC on Dec. 23 for "Superabrasive elements and related methods for processing and manufacturing using protective layers" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,749, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to US SYNTHETIC Corp. (Orem, Utah).

"Superabrasive elements and related methods for processing and manufacturing using protective layers" was invented by David P. Miess (Highland, Utah) and Andrew E. Dadson (Provo, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of processing a polycrystalline diamond element includes forming a protective layer over a selected portion of a polycrystalline diamond element, the polycrystalline diamond element having a polycrystalline diamond table that includes a superabrasive face, a superabrasive side surface, and a chamfer extending between the superabrasive face an...