ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,317, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Taylor Made Golf Co. Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Putter heads with electronic displays" was invented by Brian M. Rahman (Carlsbad, Calif.), Jonathan Dreitlein (Oceanside, Calif.), Todd P. Beach (Encinitas, Calif.) and Bret H. Wahl (Escondido, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A putter head includes a body portion, an electronic display coupled to the body portion, and a controller coupled to the body portion and in electrical communication with the electronic display. The controller is configured to control the electronic display to display one or more images on the electronic display."

The ...