ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,410, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Fendo Golf LLC (Atlanta).

"Hand-held golf club cleaning device" was invented by David Murrell (New York) and Connor Gans (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf club cleaning device for cleaning a plurality of grooves formed on a striking face of the golf club head. The golf club cleaning device includes a head portion having a pair of side arms spaced from each other to define a cleaning pocket. Each of the side arms and an end wall includes a plurality of cleaning bristles that extend into the cleaning pocket such that the cleaning bristles can remove debris from the golf club head. A ...