Patent ID: 8356679

Claim:
A rotary drill bit operable to form a wellbore comprising: a bit body configured to be attached to a drill string; a bit rotational axis extending through the bit body; a blade disposed on an exterior portion of the bit body having a gage pad with an exterior surface configured to contact adjacent portions of a wellbore, the exterior surface of the gage pad having an uphole edge, including: a leading edge extending downhole from the uphole edge and defined in part by a first radius extending from the bit rotational axis to the uphole edge; a trailing edge extending downhole from the uphole edge and defined in part by a second radius extending from the bit rotational axis to the uphole edge, the first radius not equivalent to the second radius as measured in a plane extending generally perpendicular to the bit rotational axis; and a generally continuous radially tapered surface extending from proximate the leading edge to proximate the trailing edge.