ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,581, issued on May 19, was assigned to SRVRSKOR LLC (Bristol, Ind.).

"Pickleball scoring system" was invented by Richard M. Lavers (Bristol, Ind.) and Deepinder Singh (Brampton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scoring system for pickleball and other games. The scoring system generally includes a scoreboard configured to track and display the score and/or the serving player throughout a game. The scoreboard is configured to receive inputs to change the score, the serving player, and/or the serving team. In one example, the scoreboard includes a speaker configured to audibly announce the score of each team and the serving player...