ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,479, issued on March 25, was assigned to Acushnet Co. (Fairhaven, Mass.).

"Golf equipment identification and fitting system" was invented by Chris Hixenbaugh (North Dartmouth, Mass.) and Nicholas M. Nardacci (Barrington, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for generating at least one golf ball recommendation for a particular golfer is disclosed herein. In one aspect, the present disclosure is directed to using a machine-learning model configured to generate at least one golf ball recommendation based on a golfer's swing."

The patent was filed on May 1, 2024, under Application No. 18/652,200.

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