Patents by Inventor Jason Gregg

Jason Gregg 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: 11396776
    Abstract: A cutting element may include a substrate; and an ultrahard layer on the substrate, the ultrahard layer including a non-planar working surface that is surrounded by a peripheral edge having a varying height around a circumference of the cutting element, the working surface also having: a plurality of cutting crests extending from an elevated portion of the peripheral edge across at least a portion of the working surface; at least one valley between the plurality of cutting crests; and a canted surface extending laterally from each of the outer plurality of cutting crests towards a depressed portion of the peripheral edge, a height between the depressed portion and the elevated portion being greater than a height between the elevated portion and the valley.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: SMITH INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Xiaoge Gan, Huimin Song, Jason Gregg, Sandeep Tammineni
  • Publication number: 20210156202
    Abstract: A cutting element may include a substrate; and an ultrahard layer on the substrate, the ultrahard layer including a non-planar working surface that is surrounded by a peripheral edge having a varying height around a circumference of the cutting element, the working surface also having: a plurality of cutting crests extending from an elevated portion of the peripheral edge across at least a portion of the working surface; at least one valley between the plurality of cutting crests; and a canted surface extending laterally from each of the outer plurality of cutting crests towards a depressed portion of the peripheral edge, a height between the depressed portion and the elevated portion being greater than a height between the elevated portion and the valley.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: Smith International, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaoge Gan, Huimin Song, Jason Gregg, Sandeep Tammineni
  • Patent number: 10907415
    Abstract: A cutting element may include a substrate; and an ultrahard layer on the substrate, the ultrahard layer including a non-planar working surface that is surrounded by a peripheral edge having a varying height around a circumference of the cutting element, the working surface also having: a plurality of cutting crests extending from an elevated portion of the peripheral edge across at least a portion of the working surface; at least one valley between the plurality of cutting crests; and a canted surface extending laterally from each of the outer plurality of cutting crests towards a depressed portion of the peripheral edge, a height between the depressed portion and the elevated portion being greater than a height between the elevated portion and the valley.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: SMITH INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Xiaoge Gan, Huimin Song, Jason Gregg, Sandeep Tammineni
  • Publication number: 20190112877
    Abstract: A cutting element may include a substrate; and an ultrahard layer on the substrate, the ultrahard layer including a non-planar working surface that is surrounded by a peripheral edge having a varying height around a circumference of the cutting element, the working surface also having: a plurality of cutting crests extending from an elevated portion of the peripheral edge across at least a portion of the working surface; at least one valley between the plurality of cutting crests; and a canted surface extending laterally from each of the outer plurality of cutting crests towards a depressed portion of the peripheral edge, a height between the depressed portion and the elevated portion being greater than a height between the elevated portion and the valley.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Xiaoge Gan, Huimin Song, Jason Gregg, Sandeep Tammineni