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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Sept 30, 2025
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Michael A. Vail

USUs Synthetic: 83 patents #4 of 154Top 3%
DIDiamicron: 22 patents #5 of 18Top 30%
HSHalliburton Energy Services: 3 patents #1,681 of 4,711Top 40%
BUBrigham Young University: 1 patents #220 of 611Top 40%
Genola, UT: #1 of 7 inventorsTop 15%
Utah: #39 of 19,430 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #12,157 of 4,157,543Top 1%
109 Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 26–50 of 109 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
9597775 Methods of at least partially removing at least one interstitial constituent from a polycrystalline diamond body using a removing agent including a supercritical fluid component 2017-03-21
9459236 Polycrystalline diamond compact Kenneth E. Bertagnolli, Jiang Qian, Jason K. Wiggins, Debkumar Mukhopadhyay 2016-10-04
9453802 Method and system for perceiving a boundary between a first region and a second region of a superabrasive volume 2016-09-27
9453270 Methods of fabricating a polycrystalline diamond compact Kenneth E. Bertagnolli 2016-09-27
9434050 Methods of fabricating abrasive elements using SP2-carbon-containing particles 2016-09-06
9423364 Method and system for perceiving a boundary between a first region and second region of a superabrasive volume Giovani J. Gongora 2016-08-23
9404308 Cutting element assembly including one or more superabrasive cutting elements and drill bit utilizing the same Jiang Qian, Debkumar Mukhopadhyay, Jason K. Wiggins, Kenneth E. Bertagnolli, Shawn C. Scott +1 more 2016-08-02
9381620 Methods of fabricating polycrystalline diamond compacts David P. Miess, C. Eugene McMurray 2016-07-05
9352450 Methods of cleaning a polycrystalline diamond body and methods of forming polycrystalline diamond compacts Paul Douglas Jones 2016-05-31
9316060 Polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) cutting element having multiple catalytic elements Kenneth E. Bertagnolli 2016-04-19
9315881 Polycrystalline diamond, polycrystalline diamond compacts, methods of making same, and applications Kenneth E. Bertagnolli, Jiang Qian, Jason K. Wiggins, Debkumar Mukhopadhyay, Brandon Paul Linford 2016-04-19
9273381 Polycrystalline diamond compact including a carbonate-catalyzed polycrystalline diamond table and applications therefor Jiang Qian, C. Eugene McMurray, Debkumar Mukhopadhyay, Jason K. Wiggins, Kenneth E. Bertagnolli 2016-03-01
9150419 Polycrystalline articles for reagent delivery Matthew R. Linford 2015-10-06
9134275 Polycrystalline diamond compact and method of fabricating same Kenneth E. Bertagnolli, Jiang Qian, Jason K. Wiggins, Debkumar Mukhopadhyay 2015-09-15
9103172 Polycrystalline diamond compact including a pre-sintered polycrystalline diamond table including a nonmetallic catalyst that limits infiltration of a metallic-catalyst infiltrant therein and applications therefor Kenneth E. Bertagnolli 2015-08-11
9095841 Separation device and chemical reaction apparatus made from polycrystalline diamond, apparatuses including same such as separation apparatuses, and methods of use 2015-08-04
9017438 Polycrystalline diamond compact including a polycrystalline diamond table with a thermally-stable region having at least one low-carbon-solubility material and applications therefor David P. Miess, Kenneth E. Bertagnolli, C. Eugene McMurray, Paul Douglas Jones 2015-04-28
8999025 Methods of fabricating a polycrystalline diamond body with a sintering aid/infiltrant at least saturated with non-diamond carbon and resultant products such as compacts David P. Miess, C. Eugene McMurray 2015-04-07
8969833 Method and system for perceiving a boundary between a first region and a second region of a superabrasive volume Giovani J. Gongora 2015-03-03
8936117 Methods of fabricating polycrystalline diamond elements and compacts using SP2-carbon-containing particles 2015-01-20
8911521 Methods of fabricating a polycrystalline diamond body with a sintering aid/infiltrant at least saturated with non-diamond carbon and resultant products such as compacts David P. Miess, C. Eugene McMurray 2014-12-16
8875814 Element containing thermally stable polycrystalline diamond material and methods and assemblies for formation thereof Brian Atkins, Seth Garrett Anderle, Robert W. Arfele, Ram L. Ladi, Brandon Paul Linford +6 more 2014-11-04
8864858 Methods of fabricating a polycrystalline diamond compact including gaseous leaching of a polycrystalline diamond body Julie Ann Kidd, Kenneth E. Bertagnolli 2014-10-21
8813878 Methods of fabricating a polycrystalline diamond compact Kenneth E. Bertagnolli 2014-08-26
8790430 Polycrystalline diamond compact including a polycrystalline diamond table with a thermally-stable region having a copper-containing material and applications therefor David P. Miess, Kenneth E. Bertagnolli, C. Eugene McMurray, Paul Douglas Jones 2014-07-29