ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,414, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Callaway Gold Co. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Golf club heads with variable thickness composite components and method of manufacturing" was invented by Dominic LeBlanc (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Brandon DeMille (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf club head with a composite component, such as a crown or a sole, where the composite component has a variable cross-sectional thickness, resulting from imposition of non-uniform pattern of slits cut into one or more charges prior to layup, introduction of resin, and curing is disclosed herein. Methods of making such composite components are ...