ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,521, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Acushnet Co. (Fairhaven, Mass.).
"System and method of whitening used golf balls via artificial light" was invented by Robert Blink (Newport, R.I.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An artificial light whitening treatment for golf balls is disclosed herein. The whitening treatment can be used for golf balls recovered from water hazards, in one aspect. The whitening treatment can be an artificial light treatment comprised of a xenon arc lamp, in one example. The treatment can be configured to whiten golf balls while avoiding using known synthetic chemical based whitening techniques or solutions."
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