US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on July 8 for "Drill bit cutter with stress reducing features" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,110, issued on July 8, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Drill bit cutter with stress reducing features" was invented by Kevin Clark (Willis, Texas), Randy T. Howell (Conroe, Texas), Jeffrey G. Thomas (Conroe, Texas), Nicholas Allison (Conroe, Texas), John Varner (The Woodlands, Texas) and Kelley Plunkett (The Woodlands, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A variety of methods, systems, and apparatus are disclosed, including, in one embodiment, a drill bit, comprising: a bit body defining a rotational axis and having a plurality of cutter pockets formed thereon, each cutter pocket shaped to receive a respec...