Patents by Inventor Harshad Patil

Harshad Patil has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8881817
    Abstract: A downhole tool having a cylindrical body, a sleeve having a contact portion disposed on a distal end, and a cutter having a radiused portion on a top surface operatively engageable with the contact portion. Also, a method of cutting drill pipe, the method including disposing a cutting tool in a wellbore around the drill pip and actuating a radiused cutter of the cutting tool, wherein the actuating includes radially extending the cutter into contact with the drill pipe. The method also includes applying a substantially constant force between the cutter and the drill pipe and rotating the cutting tool. Additionally, a cutter for a drill pipe cutting tool, the cutter including a work surface located at a first end of the cutter, an attachment point located at a second end of the cutter, and a radiused surface located between the work surface and the attachment point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Smith International, Inc.
    Inventors: Malcolm Perschke, Harshad Patil, Nishant Koti
  • Publication number: 20120247553
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a structure can include forming a buffer layer on a transparent conductive oxide layer, where the buffer layer includes a layer including zinc and tin, and the transparent conductive oxide layer includes a layer including cadmium and tin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Keith J. Burrows, Annette Krisko, Boil Pashmakov, Harshad Patil, Yu Yang, Zhibo Zhao
  • Publication number: 20110290487
    Abstract: A downhole tool having a cylindrical body, a sleeve having a contact portion disposed on a distal end, and a cutter having a radiused portion on a top surface operatively engageable with the contact portion. Also, a method of cutting drill pipe, the method including disposing a cutting tool in a wellbore around the drill pip and actuating a radiused cutter of the cutting tool, wherein the actuating includes radially extending the cutter into contact with the drill pipe. The method also includes applying a substantially constant force between the cutter and the drill pipe and rotating the cutting tool. Additionally, a cutter for a drill pipe cutting tool, the cutter including a work surface located at a first end of the cutter, an attachment point located at a second end of the cutter, and a radiused surface located between the work surface and the attachment point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: SMITH INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Malcolm Perschke, Harshad Patil, Nishant Koti
  • Patent number: 7762330
    Abstract: Methods of removing casing from a wellbore, the method including disposing a drilling tool assembly in a wellbore, the drilling tool assembly including a cutting device, a spearing device, and a jarring device. The methods further including activating the cutting device, cutting a first casing segment, deactivating the cutting device and activating a spearing device. The method further including engaging the spearing device with the first casing segment, activating the jarring device to free the first casing segment, and removing the first casing segment from the wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Smith International, Inc.
    Inventors: James E. Saylor, III, Thomas D. Helbert, Marc Henderson, Joeseph V. Hebert, Trygve Berthelsen, Randall Louis Hebert, Malcolm Perschke, A. J. Dach, III, Harshad Patil, Praful C. Desai
  • Publication number: 20100006290
    Abstract: Methods of removing casing from a wellbore, the method including disposing a drilling tool assembly in a wellbore, the drilling tool assembly including a cutting device, a spearing device, and a jarring device. The methods further including activating the cutting device, cutting a first casing segment, deactivating the cutting device and activating a spearing device. The method further including engaging the spearing device with the first casing segment, activating the jarring device to free the first casing segment, and removing the first casing segment from the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: SMITH INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: James E. Saylor, III, Thomas D. Helbert, Marc Henderson, Joseph V. Hebert, Trygve Berthelsen, Randall Louis Hebert, Malcolm Perschke, A. J. Dach, Harshad Patil, Praful Desai
  • Publication number: 20080093076
    Abstract: A mill assembly includes a shaft; a lead mill secured to a first end of the shaft, the lead mill including a first body having a plurality of first blades and a plurality of first cutters having substantially cylindrical bodies secured to the plurality of first blades; and a second mill secured to the shaft a selected distance from the lead mill, the second mill including a second body having a plurality of second blades and a plurality of second cutters having substantially cylindrical bodies secured to the plurality of blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: Smith International, Inc.
    Inventors: Harshad Patil, Malcolm Perschke