ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,903, issued on July 21, was assigned to SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD. (Kobe, Japan).
"Golf ball" was invented by Hikaru Nagakura (Kobe, Japan), Takumi Kaneko (Kobe, Japan), Takehiko Hyodo (Kobe, Japan) and Kazuyoshi Shiga (Kobe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object of the present disclosure is to provide a golf ball having excellent durability and an increased spin rate on driver shots to travel a suppressed flight distance. The present disclosure provides a golf ball comprising a spherical constituent member, wherein the spherical constituent member is formed from a rubber composition containing (a) a rubber component co...