Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Rock Drill Insert' Filed by Sandvik Mining And Construction Tools AB

MUMBAI, India, April 18 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202527010939 A) filed by Sandvik Mining And Construction Tools AB, Sandviken, Sweden, on Feb. 10, for 'rock drill insert.'

Inventor(s) include Akesson, Leif; Turba, Krystof; Borgh, Ida; and Lilja, Mirjam.

The application for the patent was published on April 18, under issue no. 16/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A rock drill insert comprising a body of cemented carbide comprising hard constituents of WC in a binder phase comprising cobalt; wherein the cemented carbide comprises 4-18 wt% Co; Cr such that the Cr/Co mass ratio in the bulk of the body is 0.04 -0.19; a balance of WC and any unavoidable impur...