ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,510, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to US Synthetic Corp. (Orem, Utah).
"Leached polycrystalline diamond elements" was invented by Daren Nathaniel Heaton (Spanish Fork, Utah), Jeremy Brett Lynn (Nephi, Utah), Mark Pehrson Chapman (Provo, Utah) and Oakley D. Bond (Nephi, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of processing a polycrystalline diamond material includes exposing at least a portion of a polycrystalline diamond material to a processing solution, the polycrystalline diamond material including a metallic material disposed in interstitial spaces defined within the polycrystalline diamond material. The method includes ex...