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Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 05, 2017
Applicant:

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Inventor:

Christopher John Keller, Magnolia, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 10/573 (2006.01); E21B 10/42 (2006.01); E21B 10/54 (2006.01); E21B 10/43 (2006.01); E21B 10/55 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 10/5735 (2013.01); E21B 10/42 (2013.01); E21B 10/43 (2013.01); E21B 10/54 (2013.01); E21B 10/55 (2013.01);
Abstract

A cutting element for a drill bit can include a first layer of polycrystalline diamond, a second layer of polycrystalline diamond, wherein a boundary between the first layer and the second layer is nonplanar, and a substrate. The first and second layers can be formed from polycrystalline diamond of different grain sizes. One of the first and second layers can be leached of a catalyzing material. The first layer can be formed on a first substrate having a nonplanar surface feature, removed from the first substrate, and placed over the second layer to form the nonplanar boundary. The first layer can be leached of a catalyzing material prior to being applied to the second layer. A barrier layer can be placed between the first layer and the second layer to prevent sweeping of a catalyzing material into the leached first layer.


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