ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,292, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to US Synthetic Corp. (Orem, Utah).
"Polycrystalline diamond compacts including a cemented carbide substrate and applications therefor" was invented by Debkumar Mukhopadhyay (Sandy, Utah), Greg Carlos Topham (Spanish Fork, Utah) and Renato Ventura (Provo, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments relate to a polycrystalline diamond compact ("PDC") including a polycrystalline diamond ("PCD") table having at least two regions and being bonded to a fine grained cemented tungsten carbide substrate. In an embodiment, a PDC includes a cemented carbide substrate having a cobalt-containing cementing...