US Patent Issued to Boart Longyear Manufacturing And Distribution on Sept. 16 for "Drill bits having reinforced face" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,204, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Boart Longyear Manufacturing And Distribution Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Drill bits having reinforced face" was invented by Robert Andrew Corona (Salt Lake City) and Kiana Wright (Salt Lake City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drill bit for cutting a hole in a formation can have a longitudinal axis extending along a center of the drill bit. The drill bit can comprise a crown comprising at least one crown portion having a cutting face. A plurality of wear-resistant members can be embedded in the crown of the drill bit, wherein at least one wear-resistant member of the plurality of wear-resistant...