US Patent Issued to US Synthetic on May 13 for "Leached superabrasive elements and systems, methods and assemblies for processing superabrasive materials" (Utah, Hawaii Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,435, issued on May 13, was assigned to US Synthetic Corp. (Orem, Utah).

"Leached superabrasive elements and systems, methods and assemblies for processing superabrasive materials" was invented by Daniel Marin Scott (Laie, Hawaii), 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 superabrasive element includes providing a superabrasive element including a polycrystalline diamond table that includes a metallic material disposed in interstitial spaces defined within the polycrystalline d...