ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,115, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to TAYLOR MADE GOLF COMPANY INC. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Iron-type golf club head" was invented by Scott Taylor (Bonita, Calif.) and Connor Halberg (San Clemente, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An iron-type golf club head where a ratio of a maximum toe height of the iron-type golf club head to a blade length of the iron-type golf club head is greater than zero and at most 0.62. A maximum thickness of the front portion, along the strike face, corresponds with a location toeward of a geometric center of the strike face. The thickness of the front portion, at the geometric center of the strike face...