ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,424, issued on July 29, was assigned to SPARTUS LLC (San Francisco).
"Pickleball paddle" was invented by Joshua Kim (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pickleball paddle includes a handle, and a paddle head coupled with the handle. The paddle head includes a first outer faceplate, a second outer faceplate, and a core arranged between the first outer faceplate and the second outer faceplate. The core includes a honeycomb structure having multiple cells, with each of the multiple cells defined by honeycomb cell walls, and each of the honeycomb cell walls having a height. A majority of the multiple cells of the honeycomb str...