Patents by Inventor Jason Wiggins
Jason Wiggins 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).
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Publication number: 20120011779Abstract: 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 an embodiment, a PCD material includes a plurality of bonded diamond grains that exhibit a substantially unimodal diamond grain size distribution characterized, at least in part, by a parameter ? that is less than about 1.0. ? = x 6 · ? , where x is the average grain size of the substantially unimodal diamond grain size distribution, and ? is the standard deviation of the substantially unimodal diamond grain size distribution.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2011Publication date: January 19, 2012Applicant: US SYNTHETIC CORPORATIONInventors: Michael A. Vail, Kenneth E. Bertagnolli, Jason Wiggins, Jiang Qian, David P. Miess
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Patent number: 8057775Abstract: Embodiments relate to methods of fabricating PCD materials by subjecting a mixture that exhibits a broad diamond particle size distribution to a HPHT process, PCD materials so-formed, and PDCs including a polycrystalline diamond table comprising such PCD materials. In an embodiment, a method includes subjecting a mixture to heat and pressure sufficient to form a PCD material. The mixture comprises a plurality of diamond particles exhibiting a diamond particle size distribution characterized, in part, by a parameter ? that is less than about 1.0, where ? = x 6 · ? , x is the average particle size of the diamond particle size distribution, and ? is the standard deviation of the diamond particle size distribution.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2008Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: US Synthetic CorporationInventors: Michael A. Vail, Kenneth E. Bertagnolli, Jason Wiggins, Jiang Qian, David P. Miess
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Publication number: 20110258937Abstract: 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 including diamond particles and silicon is formed. The silicon comprises amorphous silicon, crystalline silicon crystallized from amorphous silicon formed by a milling process, or combinations thereof. A substrate is positioned in proximity to the mixture. The assembly is subjected to a high-pressure/high-temperature process to form a superabrasive compact comprising a superabrasive table bonded to the substrate. The superabrasive table comprises diamond-silicon carbide composite including diamond grains dispersed through a matrix of silicon carbide grains.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2011Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: US SYNTHETIC CORPORATIONInventors: Jiang Qian, Kenneth E. Bertagnolli, Michael A. Vail, Jason Wiggins, Jim I. Dewberry, David P. Miess
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Patent number: 8020645Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to polycrystalline diamond (“PCD”) exhibiting enhanced diamond-to-diamond bonding. In an embodiment, PCD includes a plurality of diamond grains defining a plurality of interstitial regions. A metal-solvent catalyst occupies at least a portion of the plurality of interstitial regions. The plurality of diamond grains and the metal-solvent catalyst collectively exhibit a coercivity of about 115 Oersteads (“Oe”) or more and a specific magnetic saturation of about 15 Gauss·cm3/grams (“G·cm3/g”) or less. Other embodiments are directed to polycrystalline diamond compacts (“PDCs”) employing such PCD, methods of forming PCD and PDCs, and various applications for such PCD and PDCs in rotary drill bits, bearing apparatuses, and wire-drawing dies.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2010Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: US Synthetic CorporationInventors: Kenneth E. Bertagnolli, Jiang Qian, Jason Wiggins, Michael Vail, Debkumar Mukhopadhyay
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Patent number: 7998573Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to diamond-silicon carbide composites, superabrasive compacts including such diamond-silicon carbide composites, and methods of fabricating such diamond-silicon carbide composites and superabrasive compacts. In one embodiment, a superabrasive compact includes a substrate and a superabrasive table bonded to the substrate. The superabrasive table comprises diamond-silicon carbide composite including a matrix comprising nanometer-sized silicon carbide grains and micrometer-sized diamond grains dispersed through the matrix. In another embodiment, a method of fabricating a superabrasive compact is disclosed. An assembly comprising a mixture including diamond particles and silicon is formed. The silicon comprises amorphous silicon, crystalline silicon crystallized from amorphous silicon formed by a milling process, or combinations thereof. A substrate is positioned in proximity to the mixture.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2007Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: US Synthetic CorporationInventors: Jiang Qian, Kenneth E. Bertagnolli, Michael A. Vail, Jason Wiggins, Jim I. Dewberry, David P. Miess
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Publication number: 20110189468Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to polycrystalline diamond (“PCD”) exhibiting enhanced diamond-to-diamond bonding. In an embodiment, PCD includes a plurality of diamond grains defining a plurality of interstitial regions. A metal-solvent catalyst occupies at least a portion of the plurality of interstitial regions. The plurality of diamond grains and the metal-solvent catalyst collectively exhibit a coercivity of about 115 Oersteads or more and a specific magnetic saturation of about 15 Gauss·cm3/grams or less. Other embodiments are directed to polycrystalline diamond compacts (“PDCs”) employing such PCD, methods of forming PCD and PDCs, and various applications for such PCD and PDCs in rotary drill bits, bearing apparatuses, and wire-drawing dies.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2011Publication date: August 4, 2011Applicant: US Synthetic CorporationInventors: Kenneth E. Bertagnolli, Jiang Qian, Jason Wiggins, Michael A. Vail, Debkumar Mukhopadhyay
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Patent number: 7866418Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to polycrystalline diamond (“PCD”) exhibiting enhanced diamond-to-diamond bonding. In an embodiment, PCD includes a plurality of diamond grains defining a plurality of interstitial regions. A metal-solvent catalyst occupies at least a portion of the plurality of interstitial regions. The plurality of diamond grains and the metal-solvent catalyst collectively exhibit a coercivity of about 115 Oersteads (“Oe”) or more and a specific magnetic saturation of about 15 Gauss·cm3/grams (“G·cm3/g”) or less. Other embodiments are directed to polycrystalline diamond compacts (“PDCs”) employing such PCD, methods of forming PCD and PDCs, and various applications for such PCD and PDCs in rotary drill bits, bearing apparatuses, and wire-drawing dies.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2008Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: US Synthetic CorporationInventors: Kenneth E. Bertagnolli, Jiang Qian, Jason Wiggins, Michael A. Vail, Debkumar Mukhopadhyay
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Publication number: 20100310855Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to polycrystalline diamond (“PCD”) exhibiting enhanced diamond-to-diamond bonding. In an embodiment, PCD includes a plurality of diamond grains defining a plurality of interstitial regions. A metal-solvent catalyst occupies at least a portion of the plurality of interstitial regions. The plurality of diamond grains and the metal-solvent catalyst collectively exhibit a coercivity of about 115 Oersteads (“Oe”) or more and a specific magnetic saturation of about 15 Gauss·cm3/grams (“G·cm3/g”) or less. Other embodiments are directed to polycrystalline diamond compacts (“PDCs”) employing such PCD, methods of forming PCD and PDCs, and various applications for such PCD and PDCs in rotary drill bits, bearing apparatuses, and wire-drawing dies.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2010Publication date: December 9, 2010Applicant: US Synthetic CorporationInventors: Kenneth E. BERTAGNOLLI, Jiang QIAN, Jason WIGGINS, Michael A. VAIL
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Publication number: 20100307070Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to polycrystalline diamond (“PCD”) exhibiting enhanced diamond-to-diamond bonding. In an embodiment, PCD includes a plurality of diamond grains defining a plurality of interstitial regions. A metal-solvent catalyst occupies at least a portion of the plurality of interstitial regions. The plurality of diamond grains and the metal-solvent catalyst collectively exhibit a coercivity of about 115 Oersteads (“Oe”) or more and a specific magnetic saturation of about 15 Gauss·cm3/grams (“G·cm3/g”) or less. Other embodiments are directed to polycrystalline diamond compacts (“PDCs”) employing such PCD, methods of forming PCD and PDCs, and various applications for such PCD and PDCs in rotary drill bits, bearing apparatuses, and wire-drawing dies.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2010Publication date: December 9, 2010Applicant: US SYNTHETIC CORPORATIONInventors: Kenneth E. Bertagnolli, Jiang QIAN, Jason WIGGINS, Michael A. VAIL, Debkumar MUKHOPADHYAY
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Publication number: 20100307069Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to polycrystalline diamond (“PCD”) exhibiting enhanced diamond-to-diamond bonding. In an embodiment, PCD includes a plurality of diamond grains defining a plurality of interstitial regions. A metal-solvent catalyst occupies at least a portion of the plurality of interstitial regions. The plurality of diamond grains and the metal-solvent catalyst collectively exhibit a coercivity of about 115 Oersteads (“Oe”) or more and a specific magnetic saturation of about 15 Gauss·cm3/grams (“G·cm3/g”) or less. Other embodiments are directed to polycrystalline diamond compacts (“PDCs”) employing such PCD, methods of forming PCD and PDCs, and various applications for such PCD and PDCs in rotary drill bits, bearing apparatuses, and wire-drawing dies.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2010Publication date: December 9, 2010Applicant: US SYNTHETIC CORPORATIONInventors: Kenneth E. BERTAGNOLLI, Jiang QIAN, Jason WIGGINS, Michael A. VAIL, Debkumar MUKHOPADHYAY
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Publication number: 20100179213Abstract: The present invention concerns methods and compositions for treating a patient having, suspected of having, or at risk of developing cancer by targeting cancer stem cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2009Publication date: July 15, 2010Applicants: MIRNA THERAPEUTICS, INC., The Board of Regents of the University of Texas SystemInventors: Lubna Patrawala, Dean G. Tang, Kevin Kelnar, Jason Wiggins, Stephanie Volz, Jeffrey Shelton, Can Liu, Andreas G. Bader, David Brown
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Publication number: 20100084196Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to polycrystalline diamond (“PCD”) exhibiting enhanced diamond-to-diamond bonding. In an embodiment, PCD includes a plurality of diamond grains defining a plurality of interstitial regions. A metal-solvent catalyst occupies at least a portion of the plurality of interstitial regions. The plurality of diamond grains and the metal-solvent catalyst collectively exhibit a coercivity of about 115 Oersteads (“Oe”) or more and a specific magnetic saturation of about 15 Gauss·cm3/grams (“G·cm3/g”) or less. Other embodiments are directed to polycrystalline diamond compacts (“PDCs”) employing such PCD, methods of forming PCD and PDCs, and various applications for such PCD and PDCs in rotary drill bits, bearing apparatuses, and wire-drawing dies.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2008Publication date: April 8, 2010Applicant: US SYNTHETIC CORPORATIONInventors: Kenneth E. BERTAGNOLLI, Jiang QIAN, Jason WIGGINS, Michael A. VAIL, Debkumar MUKHOPADHYAY
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Publication number: 20090260895Abstract: Embodiments relate to methods of fabricating PCD materials by subjecting a mixture that exhibits a broad diamond particle size distribution to a HPHT process, PCD materials so-formed, and PDCs including a polycrystalline diamond table comprising such PCD materials. In an embodiment, a method includes subjecting a mixture to heat and pressure sufficient to form a PCD material. The mixture comprises a plurality of diamond particles exhibiting a diamond particle size distribution characterized, in part, by a parameter ? that is less than about 1.0, where ? = x 6 · ? , x is the average particle size of the diamond particle size distribution, and ? is the standard deviation of the diamond particle size distribution.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2008Publication date: October 22, 2009Applicant: US Synthetic CorporationInventors: Michael A. Vail, Kenneth E. Bertagnolli, Jason Wiggins, Jiang Qian, David P. Miess
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Publication number: 20090152015Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to superabrasive materials, superabrasive compacts employing such superabrasive materials, and methods of fabricating such superabrasive materials and compacts. One or more embodiments of a superabrasive material include a plurality of first superabrasive regions characteristic of being formed at least partially from a plurality of agglomerates, with each first superabrasive region including a plurality of first superabrasive grains that exhibit a first average grain size, and a matrix through which the plurality of first superabrasive regions is dispersed. The matrix includes a plurality second intercrystalline-bonded superabrasive grains that exhibit a second average grain size.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2008Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicant: US SYNTHETIC CORPORATIONInventors: Mohammad N. Sani, Kenneth E. Bertagnolli, Craig H. Cooley, Jason Wiggins
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Publication number: 20080206576Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to diamond-silicon carbide composites, superabrasive compacts including such diamond-silicon carbide composites, and methods of fabricating such diamond-silicon carbide composites and superabrasive compacts. In one embodiment, a superabrasive compact includes a substrate and a superabrasive table bonded to the substrate. The superabrasive table comprises diamond-silicon carbide composite including a matrix comprising nanometer-sized silicon carbide grains and micrometer-sized diamond grains dispersed through the matrix. In another embodiment, a method of fabricating a superabrasive compact is disclosed. An assembly comprising a mixture including diamond particles and silicon is formed. The silicon comprises amorphous silicon, crystalline silicon crystallized from amorphous silicon formed by a milling process, or combinations thereof. A substrate is positioned in proximity to the mixture.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2007Publication date: August 28, 2008Applicant: US Synthetic CorporationInventors: Jiang Qian, Kenneth E. Bertagnolli, Michael A. Vail, Jason Wiggins, Jim I. Dewberry, David P. Miess