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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 26, 2017
Applicant:

Smith International, Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Inventor:

Georgiy Voronin, Provo, UT (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 10/55 (2006.01); E21B 10/46 (2006.01); E21B 10/567 (2006.01); B01J 3/06 (2006.01); C22C 26/00 (2006.01); B22F 5/00 (2006.01); B22F 1/12 (2022.01); B22F 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 26/00 (2013.01); B01J 3/062 (2013.01); B22F 1/12 (2022.01); B22F 3/1007 (2013.01); B22F 5/00 (2013.01); E21B 10/46 (2013.01); E21B 10/55 (2013.01); E21B 10/567 (2013.01); B01J 2203/0655 (2013.01); B01J 2203/0685 (2013.01); B22F 2005/001 (2013.01); B22F 2201/00 (2013.01); B22F 2302/406 (2013.01); B22F 2303/20 (2013.01); B22F 2999/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Polycrystalline diamond constructions are formed from a mixture of diamond grains including a first volume of fine-sized diamond grains, and a second volume of coarse-sized diamond grains. The fine-sized diamond grains are partially graphitized, and the coarse-sized diamond grains are not graphitized. The mixture of diamond grains is subjected to high pressure/high temperature sintering process conditions in the presence of a sintering aid thereby forming polycrystalline diamond. Contact areas between coarse-sized diamond grains in the polycrystalline diamond construction are substantially free of graphite.


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