ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,374, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to SCOUTDOG GOLF LLC (San Jose, Calif.).

"System and method for golf putting measurements" was invented by Hoan Pham (San Jose, Calif.) and Dela Tsiagbe (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for generating a putting measurement in a golfing area includes a marker and an ultra-wideband (UWB) sensor coupled to the marker. A power source is coupled to the UWB sensor and the marker. A mobile computing device includes a processor and an electronic display. The processor in the mobile computing device is configured to: detect the UWB sensor when the marker is positioned proximate a...