ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,373, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Acushnet Co. (Fairhaven, Mass.).

"Golf club head with improved striking face" was invented by Kyle A. Carr (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf club head with an improved striking face is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention relates to a golf club head. The golf club head includes a striking face portion that includes a frontal striking surface and a rear internal surface that combine to include a thickened central region, a central transition region, a thinned intermediate region, a thickened stress reducing region, and a thinned perimeter region. The thickene...