ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,482, issued on March 25.

"Systems and methods for producing a sports ball" was invented by Ali Hasnain Hussain (Richmond Hill, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for forming a plurality of panels, which may comprise cutting a plurality of outer layers cutouts corresponding to a respective shape for each of the plurality of panels, applying indentation on foams of each of the plurality of panels, placing them in respective corresponding mold and applying pressure to each of the corresponding molds for thirty to forty seconds to form finalize panels. Method may further comprise forming a pre-finalized ball by attaching the...