ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,109, issued on July 8.
"Reamers with improved durability and/or stability" was invented by Graham Mensa-Wilmot (Cypress, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reamer for use in enlarging a borehole in a drilling operation, the reamer comprising: an elongate body defining a rotational axis about which the reamer is rotated in the drilling operation; and a plurality of reamer blocks configured to extend radially outwards from the elongate body relative to the rotational axis, wherein: each reamer block comprises at least a first row of cutters configured to engage a formation in which the borehole is being drilled with a given back rak...