ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,996, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to TAYLOR MADE GOLF COMPANY INC. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Multi-piece golf club head" was invented by Mark Greaney (Vista, Calif.), Stephen Kraus (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Bryan Cheng (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Kevin Cheng (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Matthew Greensmith (Carlsbad, Calif.), Christopher Harbert (Carlsbad, Calif.), Todd Beach (San Diego), Jake Feuerstein (Beverly, Mass.) and Matthew D. Johnson (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf club head that includes a plate opening, a plate-opening recessed ledge defining the plate opening, and a strike plate attached to the plate-opening recessed le...