US Patent Issued to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY on Sept. 9 for "Temperature measurement at one or more cutting elements of a drill bit" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,703, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Temperature measurement at one or more cutting elements of a drill bit" was invented by Huseyin Murat Panayirci (Cambridge, Great Britain), Andrew David Robinson (Cambridge, Great Britain), Timothy McAlinden (Cambridge, Great Britain) and Nicholas Heaton (Cambridge, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are disclosed that use a temperature sensor integral to a drill bit during drilling. The temperature sensor is configured to measure temperature associated with a cutting element of the drill bit over time during dri...