ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,395, issued on July 14, was assigned to US Synthetic Corp. (Orem, Utah).
"Polycrystalline diamond and methods for fabricating the same" was invented by Daren Nathaniel Heaton (Spanish Fork, Utah) and Jeremy Brett Lynn (Nephi, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Polycrystalline diamond may include a working surface and a peripheral surface extending around an outer periphery of the working surface. The polycrystalline diamond includes a first volume including an interstitial material and a second volume having a leached region that includes boron and titanium. A method of fabricating a polycrystalline diamond element may include posit...