US Patent Issued to Acushnet on Sept. 30 for "Golf ball having a radar detectable mark" (Massachusetts, Rhode Island Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,380, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Acushnet Co. (Fairhaven, Mass.).

"Golf ball having a radar detectable mark" was invented by Matthew F. Hogge (Plymouth, Mass.), Richard Daprato (Acushnet, Mass.), Michael R. Madson (Easton, Mass.), Martin Gray (Tauton, Mass.), Nicholas M. Nardacci (Barrington, R.I.) and Vincent J. Simonds (Brimfield, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf ball has a golf ball subassembly having one or more subassembly layers, the one or more subassembly layers including at least one marked layer. The golf ball also has a cover layer surrounding the golf ball subassembly. The golf ball further has a marki...