ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,906, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Acushnet Co. (Fairhaven, Mass.).
"Golf ball and method of making same" was invented by Manjari Kuntimaddi (Raynham, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Golf ball comprising a layer formed from a vanadium dioxide nano-particle composition; wherein the vanadium dioxide nano-particle composition comprises a polymer composition and one of a plurality of vanadium dioxide composite nano-particles, a vanadium dioxide composite nano-particle slurry, or a mixture of a polymer emulsion and the vanadium dioxide composite nano-particle slurry. Non-limiting examples of suitable polymer compositions include...