ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,384, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD. (Kobe, Japan).
"Putter-type golf club head" was invented by Jacob Lambeth (Irvine, Calif.) and Mika Becktor (New York).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A putter-type golf club head has a top portion, a bottom portion, a heel portion, a toe portion, and a striking face having a variably textured region. The variably textured region includes a central portion and an outer portion laterally spaced from the central portion towards one of the heel portion and the toe portion. The central portion has a material ratio of less than 20% at a cutoff height of 0.1 mm and the o...