ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,539, issued on April 22, was assigned to Cobra Golf Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for additive manufacturing of a golf club" was invented by Ryan L. Roach (Encinitas, Calif.), Cameron J. Day (Vista, Calif.) and Bryce W. Hobbs (Escondido, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process of manufacturing a golf club head that includes the steps of generating, via an additive manufacturing process, a printed part that includes the steps of printing a material, layer by layer, along a build plane and creating at least one blow through aperture that allows fluid to flow through an internal cavity of the printed part. The bui...