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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2014
Applicant:
Smith International, Inc, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Youhe Zhang, Spring, TX (US);
Yuelin Shen, Spring, TX (US);
Yuri Burhan, Spring, TX (US);
Gregory T. Lockwood, Pearland, TX (US);
Assignee:
SMITH INTERNATIONAL, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 10/567 (2006.01); E21B 10/573 (2006.01); B23P 15/28 (2006.01); E21B 10/52 (2006.01); E21B 10/633 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 10/567 (2013.01); B23P 15/28 (2013.01); E21B 10/52 (2013.01); E21B 10/573 (2013.01); E21B 10/633 (2013.01);
Abstract
Cutter assemblies include an outer support and a cutting element disposed therein. The cutting element is immovably attached to the outer support element. Also disclosed is downhole tools incorporating such cutter assemblies and methods of making such downhole tools.