ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,156, issued on Sept. 23.
"System and method for assembling and playing modular miniature golf games with remote participants" was invented by James B. Gillett (Manchester, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular miniature golf game can include a kit with various physical components, including module tiles, optional obstacles and other features, and sidewalls. A player can construct a large number of different miniature golf holes using the kit. A game application, or app, can allow a player to design a new hole on a phone or other computing device. Two players in remote locations can have kits that contain identical components...