Top Inventors for class "Boring or penetrating the earth" |
Rank | Inventor's name | Country | City/State | Last publication | # of patent apps in this class |
1 | David R. Hall | US | Provo, UT | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220296939 - Head Covering Device Providing Filtered Intake and Exhaust Air | 75 |
2 | Anthony A. Digiovanni | US | Houston, TX | Feb 16, 2017 / 20170044836 - CUTTING ELEMENTS FOR EARTH-BORING TOOLS AND EARTH-BORING TOOLS INCLUDING SUCH CUTTING ELEMENTS | 56 |
3 | Danny E. Scott | US | Montgomery, TX | Jun 22, 2017 / 20170175520 - APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR OBTAINING AT-BIT MEASUREMENTS FOR AN EARTH-BORING DRILLING TOOL | 54 |
4 | Youhe Zhang | US | Spring, TX | Dec 09, 2021 / 20210381318 - CUTTING ELEMENTS HAVING NON-PLANAR SURFACES AND TOOLS INCORPORATING THE SAME | 47 |
5 | Steven R. Radford | US | The Woodlands, TX | Dec 31, 2015 / 20150376954 - DOWNHOLE TOOLS HAVING FEATURES FOR REDUCING BALLING, AND METHODS OF FORMING SUCH TOOLS | 38 |
6 | Madapusi K. Keshavan | US | The Woodlands, TX | Jun 30, 2016 / 20160185009 - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF COMPOSITE MOLDS | 37 |
7 | Michael D. Rupp | US | Murray, UT | May 26, 2016 / 20160145946 - DRILL BITS HAVING FLUSHING AND SYSTEMS FOR USING SAME | 27 |
8 | Robert J. Buske | US | The Woodlands, TX | Jul 30, 2015 / 20150211303 - DRILL BITS WITH ANTI-TRACKING FEATURES | 27 |
9 | Nicholas J. Lyons | US | Houston, TX | Aug 11, 2022 / 20220251905 - CUTTING ELEMENTS FOR EARTH-BORING TOOLS, METHODS OF MANUFACTURING EARTH-BORING TOOLS, AND RELATED EARTH-BORING TOOLS | 27 |
10 | Suresh G. Patel | US | The Woodlands, TX | Jun 22, 2017 / 20170175452 - CUTTING ELEMENTS, EARTH-BORING TOOLS INCLUDING CUTTING ELEMENTS, AND METHODS OF FORMING CUTTING ELEMENTS | 27 |
11 | Jimmy W. Eason | US | The Woodlands, TX | Nov 17, 2016 / 20160333643 - EARTH-BORING TOOLS AND METHODS OF FORMING TOOLS INCLUDING HARD PARTICLES IN A BINDER | 26 |
12 | Yuelin Shen | US | Spring, TX | May 18, 2017 / 20170138157 - METHODS FOR ANALYZING AND OPTIMIZING DRILLING TOOL ASSEMBLIES | 25 |
13 | Scott Dahlgren | US | Alpine, UT | Oct 17, 2019 / 20190316487 - Non-Concentric Turbine Housing | 24 |
14 | Kenneth E. Bertagnolli | US | Riverton, UT | Jun 30, 2016 / 20160186805 - BEARING ASSEMBLIES, APPARATUSES, AND MOTOR ASSEMBLIES USING THE SAME | 24 |
15 | James L. Overstreet | US | Tomball, TX | Sep 14, 2017 / 20170259365 - METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR BRAZING, AND EARTH-BORING TOOLS FORMED FROM SUCH METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS | 23 |
16 | Eric Sullivan | US | Houston, TX | Jan 24, 2013 / 20130020479 - Apparatus and Method for Determining Formation Density from Nuclear Density Measurements Made Using Sensors at More Than One Location | 23 |
17 | Michael G. Azar | US | The Woodlands, TX | Mar 03, 2016 / 20160060963 - CUTTING ELEMENT BACKING SUPPORT | 23 |
18 | Yuelin Shen | US | Houston, TX | Apr 30, 2015 / 20150114726 - DIAMOND BONDED CONSTRUCTION WITH REATTACHED DIAMOND BODY | 22 |
19 | Jonathan Marshall | US | Provo, UT | Nov 21, 2013 / 20130307266 - Oil-Well Tubular Anchoring System for Lwd/Mwd Tools | 22 |
20 | Yuri Burhan | US | Spring, TX | Mar 26, 2015 / 20150082711 - MATRIX TOOL BODIES WITH EROSION RESISTANT AND/OR WEAR RESISTANT MATRIX MATERIALS | 22 |
21 | Craig H. Cooley | US | Saratoga Springs, UT | Nov 18, 2021 / 20210355991 - BEARING APPARATUS | 22 |
22 | William W. King | US | Houston, TX | Aug 04, 2022 / 20220243764 - POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND BEARINGS FOR ROTATING MACHINERY WITH COMPLIANCE | 21 |
23 | Bala Durairajan | US | Houston, TX | Feb 19, 2015 / 20150047913 - CUTTERS FOR FIXED CUTTER BITS | 21 |
24 | Gregory T. Lockwood | US | Pearland, TX | Mar 26, 2015 / 20150082711 - MATRIX TOOL BODIES WITH EROSION RESISTANT AND/OR WEAR RESISTANT MATRIX MATERIALS | 20 |
25 | Anthony Griffo | US | The Woodlands, TX | Dec 10, 2015 / 20150354284 - POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND CUTTING ELEMENT AND BIT BODY ASSEMBLIES | 20 |
26 | Anton F. Zahradnik | US | Sugar Land, TX | Nov 19, 2015 / 20150330152 - Enhanced Backup Ring Edge Features for Metal Face Seal in Roller Cone Drill Bits | 20 |
27 | Tu Tien Trinh | US | Houston, TX | Jul 23, 2015 / 20150204142 - ROTARY DRILL BITS COMPRISING MARAGING STEEL AND METHODS OF FORMING SUCH DRILL BITS | 20 |
28 | Georgiy Voronin | US | Orem, UT | May 05, 2016 / 20160121458 - SHEAR CUTTER WITH IMPROVED WEAR RESISTANCE OF WC-CO SUBSTRATE | 20 |
29 | Debkumar Mukhopadhyay | US | Sandy, UT | Jun 30, 2016 / 20160186805 - BEARING ASSEMBLIES, APPARATUSES, AND MOTOR ASSEMBLIES USING THE SAME | 20 |
30 | Juan Miguel Bilen | US | The Woodlands, TX | Mar 10, 2022 / 20220074281 - WIPER PLUG SYSTEM WITH ANTI-ROTATION FEATURE | 19 |
31 | Aaron J. Dick | US | Houston, TX | Nov 06, 2014 / 20140326514 - Drill Bit with a Dynamic Metal Seal | 18 |
32 | Redd H. Smith | US | The Woodlands, TX | May 03, 2012 / 20120103691 - METHODS OF COUPLING COMPONENTS OF DOWNHOLE TOOLS, DOWNHOLE TOOLS AND COMPONENTS OF DOWNHOLE TOOLS | 18 |
33 | John R. Williams | US | Georgetown, TX | Oct 07, 2010 / 20100252329 - Bearing assembly inner barrel and well drilling equipment comprising same | 18 |
34 | Don Q. Nguyen | US | Houston, TX | Jun 04, 2015 / 20150152687 - HYBRID DRILL BIT HAVING INCREASED SERVICE LIFE | 18 |
35 | Smith International, Inc. | US | Houston, TX | Aug 08, 2013 / 20130199785 - MULTI-CYCLE PIPE CUTTER AND RELATED METHODS | 17 |
36 | John H. Stevens | US | Spring, TX | Oct 27, 2011 / 20110259647 - SYSTEMS FOR MANUFACTURING DOWNHOLE TOOLS AND DOWNHOLE TOOL PARTS | 17 |
37 | Christopher L. Drenth | US | Draper, UT | Jul 03, 2014 / 20140182945 - Engineered Materials for Drill Rod Applications | 17 |
38 | Brian O. Faircloth | US | Evergreen, CO | Dec 31, 2020 / 20200408042 - HIGH POWER LASER PERFORATING AND LASER FRACTURING TOOLS AND METHODS OF USE | 17 |
39 | Christian M. Lambert | US | Draper, UT | May 26, 2016 / 20160145946 - DRILL BITS HAVING FLUSHING AND SYSTEMS FOR USING SAME | 16 |
40 | J. Daniel Belnap | US | Lindon, UT | Sep 12, 2019 / 20190275484 - METHOD OF MAKING CARBONATE PCD AND SINTERING CARBONATE PCD ON CARBIDE SUBSTRATE | 16 |
41 | Ronald B. Crockett | US | Payson, UT | Dec 10, 2015 / 20150354285 - POINTED WORKING ENDS ON A BIT | 16 |
42 | Eric E. Mcclain | US | Spring, TX | Nov 03, 2011 / 20110266069 - CASING SHOES INCLUDING CUTTING ELEMENTS, CUTTING ELEMENTS FOR EARTH-BORING TOOL, AND RELATED METHODS | 16 |
43 | Jair J. Gonzalez | US | Provo, UT | Dec 09, 2021 / 20210381549 - BEARING ASSEMBLIES, RELATED BEARING APPARATUSES, AND RELATED METHODS | 16 |
44 | Michael L. Doster | US | Spring, TX | Aug 11, 2022 / 20220251905 - CUTTING ELEMENTS FOR EARTH-BORING TOOLS, METHODS OF MANUFACTURING EARTH-BORING TOOLS, AND RELATED EARTH-BORING TOOLS | 15 |
45 | Mark S. Zediker | US | Castle Rock, CO | Mar 10, 2022 / 20220072659 - Methods and Systems for Reducing Hazardous Byproduct from Welding Metals Using Lasers | 15 |
46 | Eric C. Sullivan | US | Houston, TX | Jul 07, 2022 / 20220213735 - EARTH-BORING TOOLS, CUTTING ELEMENTS, AND ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES, APPARATUS, AND METHODS | 14 |
47 | Francis Leany | US | Salem, UT | Jan 29, 2015 / 20150027786 - TRACKING SHEARING CUTTERS ON A FIXED BLADED DRILL BIT WITH POINTED CUTTING ELEMENTS | 14 |
48 | J. Daniel Belnap | US | Pleasant Grove, UT | Oct 02, 2014 / 20140291037 - DIAMOND BONDED CONSTRUCTION WITH IMPROVED BRAZE JOINT | 14 |
49 | Terry J. Koltermann | US | The Woodlands, TX | Aug 04, 2011 / 20110187058 - Composite Metallic Elastomeric Sealing Components for Roller Cone Drill Bits | 14 |
50 | Guenter W. Brune | US | Bellevue, WA | Jan 14, 2021 / 20210010828 - TRACKING POSITIONS OF PERSONNEL, VEHICLES, AND INANIMATE OBJECTS | 14 |
51 | Youhe Zhang | US | Tomball, TX | Jan 22, 2015 / 20150021101 - POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND MATERIALS HAVING IMPROVED ABRASION RESISTANCE, THERMAL STABILITY AND IMPACT RESISTANCE | 14 |
52 | Charles C. Rinzler | US | Denver, CO | Mar 31, 2016 / 20160090790 - HIGH POWER LASER ENERGY DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS, APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CREATING WELLS | 14 |
53 | Shilin Chen | US | Montgomery, TX | Jul 21, 2022 / 20220228438 - MITIGATION OF BACKWARD WHIRL IN DRILL BITS | 13 |
54 | Cody A. Pearce | US | Midvale, UT | May 26, 2016 / 20160145946 - DRILL BITS HAVING FLUSHING AND SYSTEMS FOR USING SAME | 13 |
55 | Rudolf Carl Pessier | US | Houston, TX | Feb 16, 2017 / 20170044836 - CUTTING ELEMENTS FOR EARTH-BORING TOOLS AND EARTH-BORING TOOLS INCLUDING SUCH CUTTING ELEMENTS | 13 |
56 | Chih Lin | US | Spring, TX | Nov 01, 2012 / 20120273282 - DOWNHOLE TOOLS HAVING MECHANICAL JOINTS WITH ENHANCED SURFACES, AND RELATED METHODS | 13 |
57 | Junichi Sugiura | GB | Bristol | Sep 12, 2019 / 20190277091 - WIRED MOTOR FOR REALTIME DATA | 13 |
58 | Thorsten Schwefe | US | Spring, TX | Jul 18, 2013 / 20130180783 - Turbine Driven Reaming Bit with Stability and Cutting Efficiency Features | 13 |
59 | Leland H. Lyon | US | Roanoke, VA | Dec 03, 2015 / 20150345227 - DRILL BIT FOR A DOWN-THE-HOLE DRILL HAMMER HAVING NONCONCENTRICALLY OR SPIRALLY ARRANGED CUTTING INSERTS | 13 |
60 | Todd W. Benson | US | Dallas, TX | Sep 01, 2022 / 20220277635 - SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OILFIELD DRILLING OPERATIONS USING COMPUTER VISION | 12 |
61 | Jonathan Ryan Prill | CA | Edmonton | Mar 24, 2016 / 20160084004 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DOWNHOLE ROTATIONAL RATE OF A DRILLING TOOL | 12 |
62 | William Banning Vail, Iii | US | Bothell, WA | Jun 22, 2017 / 20170175468 - UNIVERSAL DRILLING AND COMPLETION SYSTEM | 12 |
63 | Mark Ellsworth Wassell | US | Houston, TX | Mar 26, 2015 / 20150083493 - Drilling System and Associated System and Method for Monitoring, Controlling, and Predicting Vibration in an Underground Drilling Operation | 12 |
64 | Kjell Haugvaldstad | NO | Vanvikan | Jul 01, 2021 / 20210198949 - DOWNHOLE TOOLS WITH TAPERED ACTUATORS HAVING REDUCED CYCLICAL TORQUE | 12 |
65 | Timothy N. Sexton | US | Genola, UT | Feb 12, 2015 / 20150043849 - THERMAL MANAGEMENT BEARING ASSEMBLIES, APPARATUSES, AND MOTOR ASSEMBLIES USING THE SAME | 12 |
66 | Ronald K. Eyre | US | Orem, UT | Jul 02, 2015 / 20150183092 - PCD WAFER WITHOUT SUBSTRATE FOR HIGH PRESSURE / HIGH TEMPERATURE SINTERING | 12 |
67 | Yeshaya Koblick | US | Sharon, MA | Mar 31, 2016 / 20160090790 - HIGH POWER LASER ENERGY DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS, APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CREATING WELLS | 12 |
68 | Brian Clark | US | Sugar Land, TX | Nov 12, 2015 / 20150325990 - METHOD AND CONDUIT FOR TRANSMITTING SIGNALS | 12 |
69 | James R. Lovorn | US | Tomball, TX | Oct 29, 2015 / 20150308203 - Mitigating Swab and Surge Piston Effects in Wellbores | 11 |
70 | L. Allen Sinor | US | Conroe, TX | Oct 09, 2014 / 20140299387 - CUTTING ELEMENT INCORPORATING A CUTTING BODY AND SLEEVE AND METHOD OF FORMING THEREOF | 11 |
71 | Zhou Yong | US | Spring, TX | Nov 27, 2014 / 20140345951 - ROLLING CUTTER | 11 |
72 | Jiang Qian | US | Cedar Hills, UT | Jun 09, 2016 / 20160158918 - CARBONATE-CATALYZED POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND ELEMENTS, METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND APPLICATIONS THEREFOR | 11 |
73 | Jack T. Oldham | US | Conroe, TX | Jul 02, 2015 / 20150184464 - CUTTING ELEMENTS FOR DRILL BITS FOR DRILLING SUBTERRANEAN FORMATIONS AND METHODS OF FORMING SUCH CUTTING ELEMENTS | 11 |
74 | Joel F. Moxley | US | Denver, CO | Mar 31, 2016 / 20160090790 - HIGH POWER LASER ENERGY DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS, APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CREATING WELLS | 11 |
75 | Michael A. Vail | US | Genola, UT | Jun 09, 2016 / 20160158918 - CARBONATE-CATALYZED POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND ELEMENTS, METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND APPLICATIONS THEREFOR | 11 |
76 | Duncan Charles Macdonald | US | Houston, TX | Sep 14, 2017 / 20170260822 - METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DRILLING | 11 |
77 | Rudolf Carl Pessier | US | Galveston, TX | Jul 24, 2014 / 20140202771 - HYBRID DRILL BIT AND DESIGN METHOD | 11 |
78 | Paula Turner | US | Pleasant Grove, UT | Sep 22, 2011 / 20110227578 - Induction Resistivity Tool that Generates Directed Induced Fields | 10 |
79 | Steven G. Villareal | US | Houston, TX | Dec 16, 2021 / 20210388679 - DOWNHOLE TOOLS HAVING RADIALLY EXTENDABLE ELEMENTS | 10 |
80 | Charles H. Dewey | US | Houston, TX | Jan 03, 2019 / 20190003264 - MILLABLE BIT TO WHIPSTOCK CONNECTOR | 10 |
81 | Shilin Chen | US | The Woodlands, TX | Jan 10, 2013 / 20130013267 - Rotary Drill Bits with Protected Cutting Elements and Methods | 10 |
82 | Danny T. Williams | US | Katy, TX | Dec 11, 2014 / 20140360787 - Down Hole Motor Apparatus and Method | 10 |
83 | E. Sean Cox | US | Spanish Fork, UT | Jun 07, 2018 / 20180155989 - DRILL BITS AND DRILLING APPARATUSES INCLUDING THE SAME | 10 |
84 | Jibin Shi | US | Spring, TX | May 18, 2017 / 20170138157 - METHODS FOR ANALYZING AND OPTIMIZING DRILLING TOOL ASSEMBLIES | 10 |
85 | David P. Miess | US | Highland, UT | Jun 30, 2016 / 20160186805 - BEARING ASSEMBLIES, APPARATUSES, AND MOTOR ASSEMBLIES USING THE SAME | 10 |
86 | John E. Mercer | US | Gig Harbor, WA | Mar 31, 2022 / 20220099700 - MECHANICAL SHOCK RESISTANT MEMS ACCELEROMETER ARRANGEMENT, ASSOCIATED METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM | 10 |
87 | Wajid Rasheed | GB | Slough | Oct 23, 2014 / 20140311802 - CIRCUMFERENTIAL AND LONGITUDINAL CUTTER COVERAGE IN CONTINUATION OF A FIRST BIT DIAMETER TO A SECOND EXPANDABLE REAMER DIAMETER. | 10 |
88 | Timothy K. Marvel | US | The Woodlands, TX | Dec 31, 2015 / 20150376954 - DOWNHOLE TOOLS HAVING FEATURES FOR REDUCING BALLING, AND METHODS OF FORMING SUCH TOOLS | 10 |
89 | Thomas F. Bailey | US | Houston, TX | May 01, 2014 / 20140116712 - DEBURRING MILL TOOL FOR WELLBORE CLEANING | 10 |
90 | Carl M. Hoffmaster | US | Houston, TX | Oct 28, 2021 / 20210332646 - GOUGING CUTTER DRILL BIT | 10 |
91 | Dale E. Jamison | US | Houston, TX | Mar 10, 2016 / 20160068733 - WELLBORE FLUIDS COMPRISING MINERAL PARTICLES AND METHODS RELATING THERETO | 10 |
92 | Michael S. Bittar | US | Houston, TX | Nov 04, 2021 / 20210340853 - A 1-D INVERSION PROCESS FOR DETERMINING FORMATION PROPERTIES AHEAD OF A DRILL BIT IN A SUBSURFACE FORMATION | 10 |
93 | Sunil Kumar | DE | Celle | Apr 07, 2016 / 20160096973 - COATINGS FOR WELLBORE TOOLS, COMPONENTS HAVING SUCH COATINGS, AND RELATED METHODS | 10 |
94 | Richard Thomas Hay | US | Spring, TX | Jan 06, 2022 / 20220003043 - USING SOLENOID CHARACTERISTICS FOR PERFORMANCE DIAGNOSTICS ON ROTARY STEERABLE SYSTEMS | 10 |
95 | Reinhart Ciglenec | US | Katy, TX | Dec 03, 2015 / 20150345254 - DOWNHOLE LOGGING TOOL COOLING DEVICE | 9 |
96 | James Shamburger | US | Spring, TX | Oct 08, 2015 / 20150285005 - Rupture Cutters with High Penetration Utility | 9 |
97 | Dan E. Scott | US | Montgomery, TX | Nov 07, 2013 / 20130297231 - Automated Method of Ultrasonically Scanning Cutters While on the Bit for Crack Detection | 9 |
98 | Dwayne P. Terracina | US | Spring, TX | Jun 07, 2018 / 20180155999 - SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING BIT DAMAGE IN A LANDING TOOL | 9 |
99 | Adrian Vuyk, Jr. | US | Houston, TX | Jul 31, 2014 / 20140209383 - CONTROL SYSTEM FOR DOWNHOLE OPERATIONS | 9 |
100 | Shantanu N. Swadi | US | Cypress, TX | May 12, 2016 / 20160130881 - CUTTING ELEMENTS AND BITS FOR SIDETRACKING | 9 |