US Patent Issued to Acushnet on May 13 for "Dual core golf balls having reduced driver spin" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,229, issued on May 13, was assigned to Acushnet Co. (Fairhaven, Mass.).

"Dual core golf balls having reduced driver spin" was invented by Douglas E. Jones (Dartmouth, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Dual component cores having positive hardness and compression gradients and golf balls including these cores are disclosed. The hardness, compression, and diameter relationships in the core assemblage components help to reduce the spin rate of the ball off the driver while still providing desirable performance characteristics in and around the green."

The patent was filed on Feb. 3, 2023, under Application No. 18/105,269.

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