ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,243,085, issued on March 4, was assigned to Cobra Golf Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Method and system for sales of golf equipment" was invented by Peter L. Soracco (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Karl A. Clausen (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for selecting and fabricating individualized golf clubs or golf club components. Using a website, for example, a golfer can input relevant information about his or her golf game, receive recommendations for golf club components, select from the recommendations, and have the desired golf club components manufactured and delivered. In some embodiments, the golf club component...