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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120125696 | Polycrystalline Diamond Constructions Having Optimized Material Composition Diamond bonded constructions include a diamond body comprising intercrystalline bonded diamond and interstitial regions. The body has a working surface and an interface surface, and may be joined to a metallic substrate. The body has a gradient diamond volume content gr... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120103701 | CONTOURED PCD AND PCBN SEGMENTS FOR CUTTING TOOLS CONTAINING SUCH SEGMENTS Contoured helical solid polycrystalline PCD and PCBN superabrasive segments are provided for attachment to cutting tool substrates such as twist drill tips, reamers, burrs and endmills. Segments are provided in near to net shape for attachment to a tool substrate thereb... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120103698 | CUTTING ELEMENTS, EARTH-BORING TOOLS INCORPORATING SUCH CUTTING ELEMENTS, AND METHODS OF FORMING SUCH CUTTING ELEMENTS Cutting elements comprise a substrate, a polycrystalline table, and an asymmetric interface feature. The interface feature comprises a shape that is reflectively asymmetric about at least two planes defined by x, y, and z axes of a Cartesian coordinate system defined to... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120103699 | INTERFACE DESIGN OF TSP SHEAR CUTTERS A method of forming a cutting element is disclosed, wherein the method includes forming a substrate body, forming an intermediate layer on the substrate body, forming a diamond table, and positioning the diamond table on the intermediate layer, such that the intermediat... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120102843 | GRAPHENE-COATED DIAMOND PARTICLES, COMPOSITIONS AND INTERMEDIATE STRUCTURES COMPRISING SAME, AND METHODS OF FORMING GRAPHENE-COATED DIAMOND PARTICLES AND POLYCRYSTALLINE COMPACTS Coated diamond particles have solid diamond cores and at least one graphene layer. Methods of forming coated diamond particles include coating diamond particles with a charged species and coating the diamond particles with a graphene layer. A composition includes a subs... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120103696 | POLYCRYSTALLINE COMPACTS INCLUDING NANOPARTICULATE INCLUSIONS, CUTTING ELEMENTS AND EARTH-BORING TOOLS INCLUDING SUCH COMPACTS, AND METHODS OF FORMING SAME A polycrystalline compact comprises a plurality of grains of hard material and a plurality of nanoparticles disposed in interstitial spaces between the plurality of grains of hard material. The plurality of nanoparticles has a thermal conductivity less than a thermal co... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120080240 | DIAMOND IMPREGNATED CUTTING STRUCTURES, EARTH-BORING DRILL BITS AND OTHER TOOLS INCLUDING DIAMOND IMPREGNATED CUTTING STRUCTURES, AND RELATED METHODS An earth-boring tool includes a bit body, a plurality of first cutting elements, and a plurality of second cutting elements. Each of the first cutting elements includes a discontinuous phase dispersed within a continuous matrix phase. The discontinuous phase includes a ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120066981 | SIALON SINTERED BODY AND CUTTING INSERT The present invention provides a technique of improving wear resistance of a Sialon sintered body. The Sialon sintered body has a Sialon phase including at least a β-Sialon and a 12H-Sialon among an α-Sialon, the β-Sialon and the 12H-Sialon. A ratio of a second Sialo... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120066980 | Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Silane Surface Modification of Abrasive Grains A surface-modified abrasive grain includes an abrasive grain as a substrate, and a film on the abrasive grain that includes a relatively hydrophilic silane component and a relatively hydrophobic silane component. The film can be a single film layer or multiple film laye... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120071074 | GRINDING STONE, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF GRINDING STONE, AND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS OF GRINDING STONE A manufacturing apparatus, of a grinding stone which is manufactured by attaching abrasive grains respectively having polyhedral shapes in which mutually opposed surfaces are parallel to each other to a base member, is provided with: an abrasive grains classifying appar... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120047813 | CUTTING FLUID FOR WAFER PROCESSING A cutting fluid for processing is revealed. The cutting fluid for wafer processing includes a cutting solvent, a plurality of cutting particles and a surfactant that induces hydrogen bonding. The surfactant that induces hydrogen bonding contains amine functional groups ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120047815 | POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND COMPACT Embodiments of the invention relate to polycrystalline diamond compacts (“PDCs”) and methods of fabricating such PDCs. In an embodiment, a PDC includes a substrate and a preformed polycrystalline diamond table including an interfacial surface bonded to the substrate... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120042576 | CUBIC BORON NITRIDE COMPACT A CBN compact which contains CBN and a matrix phase, wherein the CBN grain size volume frequency distribution has a distribution spread expressed as d90-d10 of 1 micron or greater, and the d90 maximum value is 5 micron or less.... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120037430 | POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND The invention relates to a polycrystalline diamond (PCD) body comprising PCD material having a graphitisation onset temperature, the PCD body having a working surface and comprising a first region remote from the working surface, the first region containing a catalysing... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120037429 | POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND The present invention relates to polycrystalline diamond (PCD) comprising diamond in granular form, the diamond grains forming a bonded skeletal mass having a network of internal surfaces, the internal surfaces defining interstices or interstitial regions within the ske... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120036790 | Abrasive Material Comprising Reactive Inorganic Endothermic Compound The invention provides a nonwoven fabric abrasive material, which comprises a reactive inorganic endothermic compound.... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120036789 | Abrasive Article for Use in Grinding of Superabrasive Workpieces An abrasive article including a bonded abrasive having a body formed of abrasive grains contained within a bond material, wherein the body grinds a superabrasive workpiece having an average Vickers hardness of at least about 5 GPa at an average specific grinding energy ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120031674 | SHAPED CUTTING ELEMENTS FOR EARTH-BORING TOOLS, EARTH-BORING TOOLS INCLUDING SUCH CUTTING ELEMENTS, AND RELATED METHODS A cutting element for an earth-boring tool. The cutting element comprises a substrate base, and a volume of polycrystalline diamond material on an end of the substrate base. The volume of polycrystalline diamond material comprises a generally conical surface, an apex ce... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120034146 | CARRIER FLUIDS FOR ABRASIVES The invention relates to improved novel carrier fluids for abrasives, in particular cutting fluids, for wafer production, the use thereof and a method of cutting wafers.... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120028553 | FLEXIBLE ABRASIVE GRINDING APPARATUS AND RELATED METHODS Flexible abrasive articles and related methods are presented.... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120011779 | POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND MATERIALS AND RELATED PRODUCTS Embodiments relate to methods of fabricating PCD materials by subjecting a mixture that exhibits a broad diamond particle size distribution to an HPHT process, PCD materials so-formed, and PDCs including a polycrystalline diamond table comprising such PCD materials. In ... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120012402 | Alloys With Low Coefficient Of Thermal Expansion As PDC Catalysts And Binders A cutting table includes a lattice structure and a catalyst material deposited within voids formed within the lattice. The catalyst material is deposited in the voids during a sintering process that forms the lattice. The catalyst material has a coefficient of thermal e... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120000138 | Sintered Cubic Boron Nitride Cutting Tool A cutting tool having a sintered compact including 30 to 80 vol. % cubic boron nitride and a binder phase, wherein the binder phase includes about 2 to about 6 vol. % ZrN, is disclosed. In more specific examples, the cutting tool has a sintered compact including 30 to 8... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110296765 | ULTRA-HARD CONSTRUCTIONS WITH ENHANCED SECOND PHASE An ultra-hard construction is disclosed that is prepared by a method comprising the steps of treating a material microstructure having a polycrystalline matrix first phase material and a second phase material from at least a partial region of the material microstructure... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110297450 | ULTRA HARD/HARD COMPOSITE MATERIALS The invention provides for an ultra hard or hard composite material comprising a primary ultra hard or hard particulate material and at least one secondary ultra hard or hard particulate material dispersed in a matrix material. The primary ultra hard or hard particulate... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110289855 | Superabrasive Cutting Element and Manufacturing Method with High Degree of Control of Distribution and Crystallographic Orientation of the Micro Cutting Edges An abrasive element comprises a body of crystalline abrasive material. The body has an array of cutting elements formed of crystalline abrasive material which projects from a surface of the body. The shape, size and form of the projections is controlled in the productio... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110283629 | High Strength Diamond-SiC Compacts and Method of Making Same The present disclosure provides a silicon carbide (SiC) bonded diamond compact having less than about 2 weight % unreacted Si and less than about 1 weight % graphite, as well as processes for making the same.... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110283628 | POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND A method for making a polycrystalline diamond (PCD) construction comprises providing a cemented carbide substrate comprising carbide grains cemented together by a cement material, subjecting the substrate to a first pressure treatment, treating the substrate to remove a... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110271604 | METHOD OF BONDING POLY-CHRYSTALLINE DIAMONDS TO WEAR SURFACES A method of bonding poly-crystalline diamonds to a wear surface, using commercially available poly-crystalline diamond cutters having poly-crystalline diamond buttons bonded to a carbide core. The poly-crystalline diamond cutters are cooled with cryogenic liquid. The po... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110258937 | METHODS OF FABRICATING A SUPERABRASIVE COMPACT INCLUDING A DIAMOND-SILICON CARBIDE COMPOSITE TABLE Embodiments relate to superabrasive compacts including a diamond-silicon carbide composite table, and methods of fabricating such superabrasive compacts. In an embodiment, a method of fabricating a superabrasive compact is disclosed. An assembly comprising a mixture inc... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110259642 | CUTTING ELEMENTS FOR EARTH-BORING TOOLS, EARTH-BORING TOOLS INCLUDING SUCH CUTTING ELEMENTS AND RELATED METHODS Cutting elements, earth-boring drill bits having such cutting elements and related methods are described herein. In some embodiments, a cutting element for an earth-boring tool may include a diamond table having an indentation in a cutting face thereof and a shaped feat... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110253459 | POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND COMPOSITE COMPACT ELEMENT, TOOLS INCORPORATING SAME AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME The invention relates to a PCD composite compact element comprising a PCD structure integrally bonded at an interface to a cemented carbide substrate; the PCD structure comprising coherently bonded diamond grains having a mean size no greater than 15 microns; the cement... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110252713 | DIAMOND PARTICLE MIXTURE A substantially homogeneous particle mixture is disclosed. The mixture includes a plurality of derivatized nanodiamond particles comprising a plurality of first functional groups. The mixture also includes a plurality of microdiamond particles, wherein the derivatized n... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110252712 | METHOD OF MAKING A DIAMOND PARTICLE SUSPENSION AND METHOD OF MAKING A POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND ARTICLE THEREFROM A method of forming a substantially homogeneous suspension of nanodiamond particles and microdiamond particles is disclosed The method includes disposing a first functional group on a plurality of nanodiamond particles to form derivatized nanodiamond particles, and comb... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110250826 | PAD CONDITIONER HAVING REDUCED FRICTION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME This invention relates to a conditioner for a chemical mechanical planarization pad, which is necessary for global planarization of a wafer in order to increase the degree of integration of a semiconductor device, and more particularly to a pad conditioner having a stru... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110247996 | DILUTABLE CMP COMPOSITION CONTAINING A SURFACTANT The inventive polishing composition comprises an abrasive, an aqueous medium, a surfactant in an amount above its critical micelle concentration, and a hydrophobic surface active compound. The invention also provides a method of using a polishing composition.... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110239836 | COMPOSITION FOR IMPROVING DRYNESS DURING WIRE SAWING The invention provides a composition for slicing a substrate using a wire saw wherein the composition comprises a liquid carrier and an abrasive. The invention further provides methods of slicing a substrate using a wire saw and a composition.... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110239545 | COMPOSITIONS FOR MANUFACTURING DOWNHOLE TOOLS AND DOWNHOLE TOOL PARTS Methods, systems and compositions for manufacturing downhole tools and downhole tool parts for drilling subterranean material are disclosed. A model having an external peripheral shape of a downhole tool or tool part is fabricated. Mold material is applied to the extern... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110244770 | ABRASIVE SLURRY FORMULATIONS CONTAINING NANO AND MICRO SPHERES ADDITIVES OR SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS This invention relates to methods for plate dressing using slurry charged with abrasives and soft polymeric or metallic micro-nano spheres additives to produce substantially uniform abrasive height. Additionally, methods for plate dressing using slurry charged with abra... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110244769 | ABRASIVE ARTICLE HAVING A PLURALITY OF PRECISELY-SHAPED ABRASIVE COMPOSITES A method of making an abrasive article including the steps of treating a plurality of cavities in a contacting surface of a production tool by plasma deposition of a thin film thereby forming a plurality of plasma treated cavities. Filling the plurality of plasma treate... | 10/06/2011 |
