IPC Main Group
E21B 10/00 Drill bits
Introduced: January 1980
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- Class:
- EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
- Subclass:
- EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
Related Keywords
drill BITS for deep drillingdrill BITS for mining or quarryingCUTTING -tools for mine drills
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Child Classifications
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- E21B 10/02 Core bits
- E21B 10/08 Roller bits
- E21B 10/26 Drill bits with leading portion, i.e. drill bits with a pilot cutter; Drill bits for enlarging the borehole, e.g. reamers
- E21B 10/36 Percussion drill bits
- E21B 10/42 Rotary drag type drill bits with teeth, blades or like cutting elements, e.g. fork-type bits, fish tail bits
- E21B 10/44 Bits with helical conveying portion, e.g. screw type bits; Augers with leading portion or with detachable parts
- E21B 10/46 characterised by wear resisting parts, e.g. diamond inserts
- E21B 10/6 characterised by conduits or nozzles for drilling fluids
- E21B 10/62 characterised by parts, e.g. cutting elements, which are detachable or adjustable
- E21B 10/64 characterised by the whole or part thereof being insertable into or removable from the borehole without withdrawing the drilling pipe
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class E21, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES GROUP US 26,607
- PETROCHINA COMPANY 14,382
- SINOPEC (CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION) 10,137
- CNPC (CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION) 6,517
- BAKER HUGHES US 6,269
- SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY US 5,929
- SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY SA 5,880
- SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY 4,477
- CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY 4,357
- SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY NL 4,219