US Patent Issued on June 30 for "System and method for determining a pickleball bounce point during pickleball play" (Georgia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,931, issued on June 30.

"System and method for determining a pickleball bounce point during pickleball play" was invented by Arthur M. Jackson (Marietta, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coating, for example a piezochromic coating, can adhere to a pickleball court. The coating can mark a pickleball bounce point during pickleball play on the pickleball court. When a pickleball bounces from a coated surface of the pickleball court, the pickleball can produce a mark on or in the coating at the bounce point. The mark can provide a visible indication of location of the bounce point that informs whether the bounce point was in an in-bo...