US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on June 17 for "Fixed cutter drill bit with refined shaped cutter placement" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,594, issued on June 17, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Fixed cutter drill bit with refined shaped cutter placement" was invented by William Brian Atkins (Houston), Ryan Joseph Murphy (Midland, Texas), Carlos Fernando Galarraga Canizares (Midland, Texas) and Jason Kent Bratcher (Montgomery, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one example, a method of designing a drill bit comprises obtaining a baseline orientation of a shaped cutter with respect to a bit body. The shaped cutter includes a shaped cutting element secured to a substrate. The baseline orientation is defined, at least in part, with respect...