ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,876, issued on March 24, was assigned to BRIDGESTONE SPORTS Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Golf ball" was invented by Yuki Mizuno (Chichibushi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf ball includes one or more coating layer on a golf ball surface having a plurality of dimples thereon. At least one coating layer is formed of a two-component curable urethane coating composition having a polyol component and a polyisocyanate component, which polyol component is an acrylic polyol or a polyester polyol. The coating composition contains less than 5 wt % of polyurethane particles, relative to base resin solids within the composition. The coating l...