Patents by Inventor Miguel E. Garcia

Miguel E. Garcia 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).

  • Earth-boring tools, methods of forming earth-boring tools, and methods of forming a borehole in a subterranean formation
    Patent number: 10246945
    Abstract: An earth-boring tool comprises a body having a face at a leading end thereof, blades extending from the body and comprising primary blades and secondary blades, and cutting elements on the blades and arranged in groups each comprising neighboring cutting elements. Some of the groups are disposed only on the primary blades in a first spiral configuration. Others of the groups disposed only on the secondary blades in a second, opposing spiral configuration. Methods of forming an earth-boring tool, and methods of forming a borehole in a subterranean formation are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated, a GE Company, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Boehm, Nephi M. Mourik, Timothy P. Uno, Miguel E. Garcia
  • EARTH-BORING TOOLS, METHODS OF FORMING EARTH-BORING TOOLS, AND METHODS OF FORMING A BOREHOLE IN A SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION
    Publication number: 20160032655
    Abstract: An earth-boring tool comprises a body having a face at a leading end thereof, blades extending from the body and comprising primary blades and secondary blades, and cutting elements on the blades and arranged in groups each comprising neighboring cutting elements. Some of the groups are disposed only on the primary blades in a first spiral configuration. Others of the groups disposed only on the secondary blades in a second, opposing spiral configuration. Methods of forming an earth-boring tool, and methods of forming a borehole in a subterranean formation are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Alexander Boehm, Nephi M. Mourik, Timothy P. Uno, Miguel E. Garcia