Inventor · Houston, TX, US

Anthony A. DiGiovanni

123Patents
13h-index
55Co-inventors
85Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 5, 2008 → Sep 26, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8277722B2 Production of reduced catalyst PDC via gradient driven reactivity Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 58 Active
US8757299B2 Cutting element and method of forming thereof Chemistry; Metallurgy 42 Active
US8684112B2 Cutting elements for earth-boring tools, earth-boring tools including such cutting elements and related methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Active
US9103174B2 Cutting elements for earth-boring tools, earth-boring tools including such cutting elements and related methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Active
US8579052B2 Polycrystalline compacts including in-situ nucleated grains, earth-boring tools including such compacts, and methods of forming such compacts and tools Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Active
US8727042B2 Polycrystalline compacts having material disposed in interstitial spaces therein, and cutting elements including such compacts Chemistry; Metallurgy 24 Active
US8496076B2 Polycrystalline compacts including nanoparticulate inclusions, cutting elements and earth-boring tools including such compacts, and methods of forming such compacts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Active
US9394782B2 Apparatuses and methods for at-bit resistivity measurements for an earth-boring drilling tool Fixed Constructions 23 Active
US8794356B2 Shaped cutting elements on drill bits and other earth-boring tools, and methods of forming same Fixed Constructions 22 Active
US8985248B2 Cutting elements including nanoparticles in at least one portion thereof, earth-boring tools including such cutting elements, and related methods Fixed Constructions 18 Active
US10385623B2 Cutting elements for earth-boring tools and earth-boring tools including such cutting elements Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Active
US8839889B2 Polycrystalline diamond compacts, cutting elements and earth-boring tools including such compacts, and methods of forming such compacts and earth-boring tools Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Active
US9376867B2 Methods of drilling a subterranean bore hole Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Active
US8991525B2 Earth-boring tools having cutting elements with cutting faces exhibiting multiple coefficients of friction, and related methods Fixed Constructions 13 Active
US9243452B2 Cutting elements for earth-boring tools, earth-boring tools including such cutting elements, and related methods Performing Operations; Transporting 13 Active
US10279454B2 Polycrystalline compacts including diamond nanoparticles, cutting elements and earth- boring tools including such compacts, and methods of forming same Chemistry; Metallurgy 11 Active
US8919462B2 Cutting elements for earth-boring tools, earth-boring tools including such cutting elements and related methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Active
US8651203B2 Polycrystalline compacts including metallic alloy compositions in interstitial spaces between grains of hard material, cutting elements and earth-boring tools including such polycrystalline compacts, and related methods Chemistry; Metallurgy 10 Active
US8695729B2 PDC sensing element fabrication process and tool Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US8746367B2 Apparatus and methods for detecting performance data in an earth-boring drilling tool Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Active
US9650837B2 Multi-chamfer cutting elements having a shaped cutting face and earth-boring tools including such cutting elements Fixed Constructions 9 Active
US8512865B2 Compacts for producing polycrystalline diamond compacts, and related polycrystalline diamond compacts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Active
US9482057B2 Cutting elements for earth-boring tools, earth-boring tools including such cutting elements and related methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Active
US8763731B2 Polycrystalline compacts having differing regions therein, cutting elements and earth-boring tools including such compacts, and methods of forming such compacts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US9714545B2 Cutting elements having a non-uniform annulus leach depth, earth-boring tools including such cutting elements, and related methods Performing Operations; Transporting 7 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.