US Patent Issued to Taylor Made Golf on Sept. 23 for "Golf ball" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,146, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Taylor Made Golf Co. Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Golf ball" was invented by Dana Ehyaei (Carlsbad, Calif.), Todd Beach (Carlsbad, Calif.), Ben Raymond (Carlsbad, Calif.) and David Anderson (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf ball having a North pole and a South pole, an equator and a primary meridian, the equator and primary meridian divide the ball into North, South, East and West hemispheres, and Northeast, Northwest, Southeast and Southwest quadrants. A grid pattern projected on the ball surface divides the ball laterally and longitudinally into a number of overlapping zo...