ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,425, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to DUNLOP SPORTS Co. LTD. (Kobe, Japan).
"System, method, and apparatus for monitoring sporting apparatus and users thereof" was invented by Michael J. Kline (Corona Del Mar, Calif.), John Rae (Westminster, Calif.), Scott Carlyle (Kobe, Japan), Kirk Bacon (Long Beach, Calif.), Patrick Ripp (Seal Beach, Calif.), Jeff Brunski (Los Angeles), Jay Vogler (Huntington Beach, Calif.) and Dustin Brekke (Fountain Valley, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system may comprise one or more monitoring devices that may communicate with a mobile device or a wearable device worn by a user of a sporting apparatu...