ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,374, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Karsten Manufacturing Corp. (Phoenix).

"Golf club heads comprising a thermoplastic composite material" was invented by Clayson C. Spackman (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Jeremy S. Pope (Overland Park, Kan.), Tyler A. Shaw (Paradise Valley, Ariz.), Eric J. Morales (Laveen, Ariz.) and Atiqah Shahrin (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf club head includes a front body and a rear body coupled to the front body to define a hollow cavity therebetween. The front body includes a strike face that defines a ball striking surface, a hosel, and a frame that at least partially surrounds the s...