US Patent Issued to Acushnet on Dec. 9 for "Multi-layer golf ball with thermo-reversible covalent adaptable network" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,410, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Acushnet Co. (Fairhaven, Mass.).

"Multi-layer golf ball with thermo-reversible covalent adaptable network" was invented by Kevin J. Dietz (Fall River, Mass.) and Michael Michalewich (Norton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions including a base polymer and diene functional groups and/or dienophile functional groups attached to and crosslinking the base polymer, and golf balls made from such compositions are disclosed. The type and concentration of the components in the compositions, including the base polymer, the diene functional groups, and the dienophile functional groups, affect ...