US Patent Issued to Acushnet on Aug. 12 for "Golf balls having chromogenic polymers in one or more layers" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,798, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Acushnet Co. (Fairhaven, Mass.).

"Golf balls having chromogenic polymers in one or more layers" was invented by Manjari Kuntimaddi (Fairhaven, Mass.) and Erin C. McDermott (Fairhaven, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf ball includes a core, a cover layer, and a chromogenic polymer incorporated into at least one of the cover layer or a coating layer applied to the cover layer. The chromogenic polymer causes the golf ball to exhibit a color-shift effect upon application of an external stimulus. The color-shift effect can be measured as a deltaE of greater than 2 when the external stimulu...