ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,980, issued on May 20, was assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).
"Processing of PCD elements" was invented by Mary King (Kingwood, Texas), Baptiste Germond (Valbonne, France) and Will Kurtz (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for processing a PCD element includes placing the PCD element in a vessel. A first fluid may be applied to the PCD element when the PCD element is in the vessel. A second fluid may be applied to the PCD element when the PCD element is in the vessel. A first temperature may be applied to the PCD element when the PCD element is in the vessel. A second temperature may be applie...