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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. 21, 2010

Filed:

Jan. 16, 2008
Applicants:

Joshua Gatell, Houston, TX (US);

Amardeep Singh, Houston, TX (US);

Scott D Mcdonough, The Woodlands, TX (US);

Mohammed Boudrare, Bossier City, LA (US);

Bryce a Baker, Houston, TX (US);

Allen D White, Houston, TX (US);

Brandon M Moss, Houston, TX (US);

Parveen K Chandila, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Joshua Gatell, Houston, TX (US);

Amardeep Singh, Houston, TX (US);

Scott D McDonough, The Woodlands, TX (US);

Mohammed Boudrare, Bossier City, LA (US);

Bryce A Baker, Houston, TX (US);

Allen D White, Houston, TX (US);

Brandon M Moss, Houston, TX (US);

Parveen K Chandila, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 10/00 (2006.01); E21B 10/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A roller cone drill bit for drilling earth formation includes rows arranged on each of the cones such that, when viewed in routed profile, cutting element profiles partially overlap other cutting element profiles. The roller cone drill bit having at least a first three interior rows adjacent a gage row, each have a cutting element count selected from the group of 16, 18, 21 and 26 cutting elements.


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