ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,597, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Putter Key LLC (Corte Madera, Calif.).

"Aiming key, putter and method for enhancing the accuracy of aiming" was invented by David Sheridan Englefield (Cranleigh, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for enhancing the accuracy of aiming while putting a golf ball with a putter is provided. A head of the putter includes a body having top and bottom surfaces separated by a distance, an interior opening extending part of the distance from the top surface to the bottom surface, a first end and a second end. The second end includes a target and the first end includes an aiming member ...