ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,756, issued on June 30, was assigned to Acushnet Co. (Fairhaven, Mass.).

"Golf ball incorporating inorganic aluminosilicate ceramic microspheres in at least one layer" was invented by Erin C. McDermott (Providence, R.I.), Manjari Kuntimaddi (Raynham, Mass.) and Brian Comeau (Berkley, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf ball includes a plurality of layers. The layers include at least one core layer, at least one intermediate or cover layer, and at least one coating layer. At least one of these layers is formed from a composition having both a plurality of non-functionalized inorganic aluminosilicate ceramic microspheres, and a...