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Madapusi K. Keshavan — 111 Patents

SISmith International: 99 patents #1 of 708Top 1%
Schlumberger Technology: 5 patents #1,269 of 7,293Top 20%
University of California: 3 patents #2,984 of 18,278Top 20%
UCUnion Carbide: 2 patents #417 of 1,402Top 30%
RWRogers Tool Works: 1 patents #7 of 13Top 55%
PTPraxair Technology: 1 patents #1,015 of 1,036Top 100%
Oceanside, CA: #4 of 1,008 inventorsTop 1%
California: #1,845 of 386,348 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #11,724 of 4,157,543Top 1%
111 Patents All Time
Madapusi K. Keshavan has been granted 111 US patents while listed as an inventor at Smith International. The first was granted in 1985 and the most recent in July 2025. Madapusi K. Keshavan ranks #11,724 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.28%). Patent records list Madapusi K. Keshavan in Oceanside, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1991 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 8 patents in 2008.peak 81991: 2 patents19911992: 2 patents1994: 2 patents1995: 4 patents19951996: 3 patents1997: 2 patents1998: 5 patents19981999: 2 patents2001: 3 patents2002: 5 patents20022005: 1 patents2006: 2 patents2007: 2 patents20072008: 8 patents2009: 2 patents2010: 7 patents20102011: 7 patents2012: 4 patents2013: 7 patents20132014: 8 patents2015: 4 patents2016: 4 patents20162017: 1 patents2018: 4 patents2019: 5 patents20192020: 2 patents2021: 3 patents2022: 2 patents20222024: 2 patents2025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 111 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12344921 Tungsten tetraboride composite matrix and uses thereof Richard B. Kaner, Christopher L. Turner, Jack Kavanaugh 2025-07-01
12031384 Cutting elements having non-planar surfaces and downhole cutting tools using such cutting elements Chen Chen, Huimin Song, Liang Zhao, Youhe Zhang, Michael G. Azar +4 more 2024-07-09 $29,727,000
11920223 Tungsten tetraboride composite matrix and uses thereof Richard B. Kaner, Christopher L. Turner, Jack Kavanaugh 2024-03-05
11313176 Metal matrix composite material for additive manufacturing of downhole tools Anthony Griffo, Youhe Zhang 2022-04-26 $193,492,000
11215012 Cutting elements having non-planar surfaces and downhole cutting tools using such cutting elements Chen Chen, Huimin Song, Liang Zhao, Youhe Zhang, Michael G. Azar +4 more 2022-01-04 $50,778,000
11174538 Tungsten tetraboride composite matrix and uses thereof Richard B. Kaner, Christopher L. Turner, Jack Kavanaugh 2021-11-16
11156036 Polycrystalline diamond cutting elements with transition zones and downhole cutting tools incorporating the same Ronald B. Crockett, Neil Cannon, Dwain Norris, David R. Hall 2021-10-26 $53,909,000
RE48455 Rolling cutter Yuelin Shen, Youhe Zhang, Zhou Yong, Jiaqing Yu 2021-03-02
10851594 Kerfing hybrid drill bit and other downhole cutting tools Michael G. Azar, Balasubramanian Durairajan 2020-12-01
10655401 Energy-emitting bits and cutting elements Michael G. Azar, Iain Cooper 2020-05-19 $17,197,000
10309156 Cutting structures for fixed cutter drill bit and other downhole cutting tools Michael G. Azar, Bala Durairajan 2019-06-04
10287825 Cutting elements having non-planar surfaces and downhole cutting tools using such cutting elements Chen Chen, Huimin Song, Liang Zhao, Youhe Zhang, Michael G. Azar +4 more 2019-05-14
RE47369 Rolling cutter Yuelin Shen, Youhe Zhang, Zhou Yong, Jiaqing Yu 2019-04-30
10267095 Cemented carbide composite for a downhole tool 2019-04-23
10174561 Polycrystalline diamond cutting elements with transition zones and downhole cutting tools incorporating the same David R. Hall, Ronald B. Crockett, Neil Cannon, Dwain Norris 2019-01-08
10156097 Downhole tool for increasing a wellbore diameter Praful C. Desai, Iain Cooper 2018-12-18
10132121 Polycrystalline diamond constructions having improved thermal stability Ronald K. Eyre, Anthony Griffo, Peter Thomas Cariveau 2018-11-20
10124468 Polycrystalline diamond constructions having improved thermal stability Anthony Griffo, Yuelin Shen, Youhe Zhang 2018-11-13
10030452 Cutting structures for fixed cutter drill bit and other downhole cutting tools Michael G. Azar, Bala Durairajan 2018-07-24
9776917 Coating on PDC/TSP cutter for accelerated leaching Ted Tessitore, Anthony Griffo, Yuelin Shen, Youhe Zhang 2017-10-03
9404312 Cutting structures for fixed cutter drill bit and other downhole cutting tools Michael G. Azar, Bala Durairajan 2016-08-02
9393674 Cemented carbide composite for a downhole tool 2016-07-19
9387571 Manufacture of thermally stable cutting elements Anthony Griffo 2016-07-12
9366090 Kerfing hybrid drill bit and other downhole cutting tools Michael G. Azar, Bala Durairajan 2016-06-14
9115553 Cutting elements with re-processed thermally stable polycrystalline diamond cutting layers, bits incorporating the same, and methods of making the same Youhe Zhang, Yuelin Shen 2015-08-25