ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,484, issued on March 25, was assigned to TAYLOR MADE GOLF COMPANY INC. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Multi-piece golf club head" was invented by Charles Chou (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), 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) and Matthew D. Johnson (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making a golf club head includes interposing bonding tape between a first piece and a second piece of the golf club head such that the first piece is tem...