Inventor · Cleveland, TX, US

Kenneth E. Gilmore

13Patents
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15Co-inventors
49Inventor score

Filing activity: May 18, 2007 → Feb 23, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8471182B2 Method and apparatus for automated application of hardfacing material to rolling cutters of hybrid-type earth boring drill bits, hybrid drill bits comprising such hardfaced steel-toothed cutting elements, and methods of use thereof Electricity 14 Active
US8002052B2 Particle-matrix composite drill bits with hardfacing Performing Operations; Transporting 13 Active
US8943663B2 Methods of forming and repairing cutting element pockets in earth-boring tools with depth-of-cut control features, and tools and structures formed by such methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US8698038B2 Method and apparatus for the automated application of hardfacing material to rolling cutters of earth-boring drill bits Performing Operations; Transporting 4 Active
US8969754B2 Methods for automated application of hardfacing material to drill bits Fixed Constructions 4 Active
US8450637B2 Apparatus for automated application of hardfacing material to drill bits Fixed Constructions 4 Active
US7654346B2 Steel tooth drill bit with improved tooth breakage resistance Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Active
US9291002B2 Methods of repairing cutting element pockets in earth-boring tools with depth-of-cut control features Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US8776341B2 Method of repairing diamond rock bit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US8104550B2 Methods for applying wear-resistant material to exterior surfaces of earth-boring tools and resulting structures Fixed Constructions 0 Active
US9580788B2 Methods for automated deposition of hardfacing material on earth-boring tools and related systems Fixed Constructions 0 Active
US10221628B2 Methods of repairing cutting element pockets in earth-boring tools with depth-of-cut control features Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US8047309B2 Passive and active up-drill features on fixed cutter earth-boring tools and related systems and methods Fixed Constructions 0 Active

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