ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,342, issued on March 11, was assigned to Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Method of manufacturing golf club head with polymer coated face" was invented by Nathan Samuel Reed (San Diego) and Denver Holt (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of applying a polymeric coating to a rear face surface of golf club heads with variable face thickness are disclosed herein. The coating, which preferably comprises polyurea, improves the durability of the face and reduces the hits to failure ratio of the golf club head. The coating improves the performance of the golf club head because it allows for reduction ...