Patent ID: 9309724
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: E21B

Claim Text:
1. A PDC cutting element for an earth-boring fixed-cutter rotary drill bit, comprising: a substrate; and a volume of polycrystalline diamond material on an end of the substrate, an exposed surface of the volume of polycrystalline diamond material defining a front cutting face of the PDC cutting element; wherein the PDC cutting element has an elongated shape in a lateral dimension parallel to the front cutting face of the PDC cutting element, the PDC cutting element having a maximum lateral width in a first direction parallel to the front cutting face of the PDC cutting element, a maximum lateral length in a second direction parallel to the front cutting face of the PDC cutting element, the second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the maximum lateral length being at least two times the maximum lateral width, wherein the PDC cutting element is configured such that an area of a wear scar on the PDC cutting element will be maintained below 22.6 mm