US Patent Issued to Acushnet on Oct. 21 for "Golf ball having markings spaced from a centerline plane" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,380, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Acushnet Co. (Fairhaven, Mass.).

"Golf ball having markings spaced from a centerline plane" was invented by Courtney N. Engle (Fall River, Mass.) and Michael R. Madson (Easton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for printing a marking on a golf ball includes arranging ink in an etching pattern on a printing plate, matching a reference position on the plate to a reference position on the golf ball, transferring the ink from the printing plate to a pad, and transferring the ink from the pad to the golf ball such that the golf ball includes the marking. The pattern includes an etch corr...