ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,608, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Cobra Golf Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for additive manufacturing of a golf club" was invented by Ryan L. Roach (Encinitas, Calif.), Cameron J. Day (Vista, Calif.) and Bryce W. Hobbs (Escondido, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf club including a golf club head formed of metal by an additive manufacturing process, the golf club head including a front side, a rear side, a bottom side, a top side, a toe side, and a heel side, a body that defines a toe region, a heel region, and a medial region, a first plane that extends orthogonal to a ground plane, a second plane that ...