MUMBAI, India, June 19 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202527096977 A) filed by Canopus Drilling Solutions Holding B. V. on October 08, 2025, for Drill Bit And Method For Directional Drilling.

Inventor includes Blange, Jan Jette.

The application for the patent was published on June 05, 2026, under issue no. 23/2026.

Abstract: The invention provides a drill bit, methods, and a system for directional drilling of a subterranean earth formatting by simultaneous abrasive jet drilling and mechanical drilling by cutting It provides in subsequent rotations of the bit, consistently, simultaneous erosion and excavation of the borehole bottom. For example it provides differential hole making by providing more erosion in respective zones of the borehole bottom angularly extending continuously over respective opposing azimuthal ranges by the respective radially inwards and outwards abrasive jets than outside of these zones, for example such as to bring about substantially no excavation in these zones and/or predominant excavation by the cutters outside of these zones.

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