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20100258355 | Self Positioning Cutter And Pocket - A self positioning cutter element and cutter pocket for use in a downhole tool having one or more cutting elements. The self positioning cutter element includes a substrate and a wear resistant layer coupled to the substrate. The cutter element includes a cutting surface, a coupling surface, and a longitudinal side surface forming the circumferential perimeter of the cutter element and extending from the cutting surface to the coupling surface. The cutter element has one or more indexes formed on at least a portion of the coupling surface. In some embodiments, the index also is formed on at least a portion of the longitudinal side surface. Hence, the coupling surface is not substantially planar. Additionally, at least a portion of the longitudinal side surface does not form a substantially uniform perimeter. The cutter pocket also is indexed to correspond and couple with the indexing of the cutter element. | 10-14-2010 |
20110084420 | Casting Method For Matrix Drill Bits And Reamers - An apparatus and method for manufacturing a down hole tool that reduces manufacturing costs and enhances the tool's performance. A belted mold assembly includes a casting assembly, a belt assembly, and a mid-belt. The belted mold assembly is used to fabricate a casting that allows for a larger diameter blank to be used which displaces the more expensive casting material and for using a smaller outer diameter thin-walled mold. The casting assembly is disposed within the belt assembly and the mid-belt is loaded in the volume created between the casting assembly's outer surface and the belt assembly's inner surface. The mid-belt provides a bracing for the casting assembly during the casting process. Optionally, a cap can be disposed on top of the blank for preventing metallurgical bonds from forming between the binder material and the upper portion of the blank. This allows for the excess binder material to remain high in purity so that it can be reprocessed. The cap can be used with the belted mold assembly or with a casting assembly known in the prior art. | 04-14-2011 |
20110115118 | COMPENSATION GROOVES TO ABSORB DILATATION DURING INFILTRATION OF A MATRIX DRILL BIT - A down hole tool casting assembly, a gauge ring, and a method for preparing the gauge ring for use within the assembly. The gauge ring includes a bit diameter mold and one or more junk slot displacements extending inwardly from the interior surface of the bit diameter mold. The junk slot displacement includes a first end, a second end, and a junk slot displacement face extending from the first end to the second end. At least one groove is formed within the interior surface of the gauge ring, which alleviates stresses formed within the casting during the casting process. According to some embodiments, at least one groove is formed within the junk slot displacement face. According to some embodiments, at least one groove is formed within the interior surface of the bit diameter mold. Optionally, a pressure absorbing material is inserted into one or more grooves. | 05-19-2011 |
20110121475 | Casting Method For Matrix Drill Bits And Reamers - An apparatus and method for manufacturing a down hole tool that reduces manufacturing costs and enhances the tool's performance. A belted mold assembly includes a casting assembly, a belt assembly, and a mid-belt. The belted mold assembly is used to fabricate a casting that allows for a larger diameter blank to be used which displaces the more expensive casting material and for using a smaller outer diameter thin-walled mold. The casting assembly is disposed within the belt assembly and the mid-belt is loaded in the volume created between the casting assembly's outer surface and the belt assembly's inner surface. The mid-belt provides a bracing for the casting assembly during the casting process. Optionally, a cap can be disposed on top of the blank for preventing metallurgical bonds from forming between the binder material and the upper portion of the blank. This allows for the excess binder material to remain high in purity so that it can be reprocessed. The cap can be used with the belted mold assembly or with a casting assembly known in the prior art. | 05-26-2011 |
20110180230 | Self Positioning Of The Steel Blank In The Graphite Mold - A down hole casting assembly and a method for assembling the down hole casting assembly. The down hole casting assembly includes a mold and a blank coupled to the mold. The mold includes an internal surface surrounding a cavity formed therein and one or more junk slot displacements formed along at least a portion of the internal surface. The junk slot displacement includes a top edge. The blank includes an upper portion, a lower portion, and a bottom edge extending from at least a portion of the upper portion to at least a portion of the lower portion. At least a portion of the bottom edge is coupleable to at least a portion of the top edge. The portion of the bottom edge that couples to the portion of the top edge is complementary in shape so that the blank is positionable within the cavity in a repeatable manner. | 07-28-2011 |
20110209845 | Casting Method For Matrix Drill Bits And Reamers - An apparatus and method for manufacturing a down hole tool that reduces manufacturing costs and enhances the tool's performance. A belted mold assembly includes a casting assembly, a belt assembly, and a mid-belt. The belted mold assembly is used to fabricate a casting that allows for a larger diameter blank to be used which displaces the more expensive casting material and for using a smaller outer diameter thin-walled mold. The casting assembly is disposed within the belt assembly and the mid-belt is loaded in the volume created between the casting assembly's outer surface and the belt assembly's inner surface. The mid-belt provides a bracing for the casting assembly during the casting process. Optionally, a cap can be disposed on top of the blank for preventing metallurgical bonds from forming between the binder material and the upper portion of the blank. This allows for the excess binder material to remain high in purity so that it can be reprocessed. The cap can be used with the belted mold assembly or with a casting assembly known in the prior art. | 09-01-2011 |
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20100185503 | Product Warranties Having a Residual Value - The present disclosure is directed to product warranties having a residual value and a potential rebate based on the residual value. The residual value can thus be inversely related to the number of claims filed against the warranty. | 07-22-2010 |
20100191557 | Usage-Limited Product Warranties - The present disclosure is directed to methods for pricing limited use product warranties to increase profit. Such a method can include selecting a plurality of potential warranty options, where each warranty option has an associated product usage limit and an associated warranty purchase cost; calculating a customer's expected support cost; determining a customer demand for each of the plurality of warranty options; calculating a provider's expected option profit for each of the plurality of warranty options; and calculating a provider's expected total profit for the plurality of warranty options. | 07-29-2010 |
20110093312 | MODELING WHOLESALE PRICE SCHEDULES TO REDUCE DOUBLE MARGINALIZATION - One embodiment is a method that determines, for a sale of a product and a post-sale service for the product from a supplier to a retailer, an expected supply chain profit for the sale as a function of an effort cost function of the retailer, a quantity of the product ordered, and an expected revenue of the retailer. A wholesale price schedule is determined that is a function of the quantity of the product ordered by the retailer. The wholesale price schedule reduces effects of double marginalization on the sale of the product and the post-sale service. | 04-21-2011 |
20110295755 | FLEXIBLE EXTENDED PRODUCT WARRANTIES - A system and method for determining the optimum price that a service provider should charge to customers of a periodic extended-product warranty to optimize profits generated from providing such warranties. In one aspect of the present invention the customer is allowed to elect or to cancel warranty coverage on a monthly basis which election is based in part on the customer's expected net utility from his coverage decisions. In one embodiment, the customer can be afforded complete warranty coverage flexibility in terms of his ability to turn coverage on and off whenever desired. In another aspect of the present invention the customer can be allowed to make dynamic repair or replacement decisions in each period based on the product's failure status or on other criteria. By properly modeling optimal extended-product warranty strategies from the perspective of both the customer and from the perspective of the service provider, one can compute the customers' maximum expected discounted net utility and the service provider's expected discounted profit from strategic customers. | 12-01-2011 |
20110295756 | FLEXIBLE EXTENDED PRODUCT WARRANTIES HAVING PARTIALLY REFUNDABLE PREMIUMS - A system and method for determining the optimum price that a service provider should charge to customers of at least a partially refundable extended-product warranty to optimize profits generated from providing such warranties. In one aspect of the present invention the customer may elect to purchase warranty coverage when the product is new and cancel warranty coverage at any time thereafter, which election is based in part on the customer's expected discounted net utility from his coverage decisions. In another aspect of the present invention, the customer is allowed to make dynamic repair or replacement decisions in each period based on the product's failure status or on other criteria. In one embodiment, the customer can be afforded warranty coverage flexibility in terms of his ability to turn coverage off whenever desired and to obtain a partial refund of the warranty premium. By properly modeling extended-product warranty strategies from the perspective of the customer and from the perspective of the service provider, one can compute the customers' expected discounted net utility and the provider's expected discounted profit from strategic customers. In another aspect of the present invention a computer-based service is provided to the customer of the extended-product warranty for determining the customer's optimal dynamic decisions to maximize the customer's expected discounted net utility when making product replacement decisions, maintenance decisions, and warranty coverage decisions. | 12-01-2011 |
20130013517 | MAKING AN EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERAGE DECISION - Systems, methods, and machine-readable and executable instructions are provided for making an extended warranty coverage. Making an extended warranty decision can include determining by a computer, a customer's expected cost of terminating the extended warranty coverage, determining, by the computer, the customer's expected cost of continuing the extended warranty coverage, and comparing, by the computer, the expected cost of terminating the extended warranty coverage and the expected cost of continuing the extended warranty coverage. Making an extended warranty decision can also include determining, by the computer, the extended warranty coverage decision based on the comparison. | 01-10-2013 |
20130066790 | Residual Value Warranty - A maximum expected value of a residual value warranty for a product to a customer is determined. An expected cost to a provider to support the residual value warranty for the customer is determined, based on the maximum expected value of the candidate residual value warranty to the customer. The expected profitability of the candidate residual value warranty is determined based on the expected cost. | 03-14-2013 |
20130346033 | TREE-BASED REGRESSION - Parent node data is split into first and second child nodes based on a first partition variable to create a tree-based model. A first regression model for the first child node data relates the response variable and the predictor variable. | 12-26-2013 |
20140019210 | DETERMINING PRODUCT PRICE - Methods, systems, and computer-readable and executable instructions are provided for determining a product price. Determining a product price can include determining an initial market attraction value, a market price sensitivity, and cost information for a product. Determining a product price can also include receiving a market constraint with respect to the product and pricing the product based on the initial market attraction value, the market price sensitivity, the cost information, and the market constraint. | 01-16-2014 |
20140122173 | ESTIMATING SEMI-PARAMETRIC PRODUCT DEMAND MODELS - Methods, systems, and computer-readable and executable instructions are provided for estimating semi-parametric product demand models. Estimating a semi-parametric product demand model can include identifying a set of products from input market sales data, analyzing the market sales data to determine a relationship between a plurality of factors of the set of products, and estimating the semi-parametric product demand model based on the determined relationship using iterative estimation of a plurality of incremental data trees. | 05-01-2014 |
20140188567 | PRODUCT DETERMINATION FOR A PORTFOLIO - A system includes an intersection engine to determine intersection points between multiple first functions, each first function corresponding to a product from a plurality of products and each first function based on the corresponding product's utility and profit at a given price point. The system further includes a first ranking engine to rank the intersection points and a second ranking engine to rank the first functions based on the intersection points. The system further includes a solving engine to solve a second function based on a subset of the ranked functions to determine a subset of the products to include in a product portfolio and a price for each product in the portfolio to maximize profit for the plurality of products. | 07-03-2014 |
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20080213568 | Polyether Polymer Matrix - The present invention relates to polyether resins, methods for their manufacture and uses thereof. In one aspect of the invention the polyether resin comprises a plurality of functional groups and is obtained by polymerisation of a mixture of alkoxylated reactive compounds selected from a) alkoxylated compounds having a functionality of more than one, and b) alkoxylated monofunctional reactive compounds, wherein the alkoxylated part of the alkoxylated compounds having a functionality of more than one has an average molecular weight which is different from the average molecular weight of the alkoxylated part of the alkoxylated monofunctional reactive compounds. | 09-04-2008 |
20080311681 | Antibody Binding Affinity Ligands - The present application discloses a solid support material having covalently immobilized thereon an affinity ligand, said ligand comprising one or more hydrophobic functional group(s) and one or more cationic functional group(s) or one or more heteroaromatic functional group(s), wherein at least one hydrophobic functional group is separated from at least one cationic/heteroaromatic functional group by a through bond distance of from 5 Å to 20 Å, wherein said ligand has a molecular weight of from 120 Da to 5,000 Da. Typically, the affinity resin has a binding capacity larger than 5 mg monoclonal antibody per mL of affinity resin. A method for the isolation of biomolecules, such as proteins, in particular antibodies, such as monoclonal antibodies, or derivatives thereof, is also disclosed. | 12-18-2008 |