US Patent Issued to Acushnet on July 7 for "Golf ball" (Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,241, issued on July 7, was assigned to Acushnet Co. (Fairhaven, Mass.).

"Golf ball" was invented by John S. Dytko (Derby, Conn.), Courtney N. Engle (Fall River, Mass.), Michael R. Madson (Easton, Mass.) and Nicholas M. Nardacci (Barrington, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Golf balls including at least one modified dimple group are disclosed. The modified dimple group comprises one or more modified dimples forming an axially symmetric pattern about a correction area centroid. The modified dimples can be altered, for example, by changing the edge angle. In one aspect, a plurality of modified dimple types are provided, such that addi...