ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,336, issued on July 28, was assigned to Taylor Made Golf Co. Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).
"Golf ball" was invented by Dana Ehyaei (Carlsbad, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf ball which, when orientated in the cross seam direction, has an equator at latitude 0deg, and poles at latitude 90deg and longitude 0deg, an equator region Ex at latitudes 0 to 25deg, a region Ei at longitudes 0 to 25deg, a shoulder region Sx at latitudes from more than 25deg to less than 65deg, a region Si at longitudes from more than 25deg to less than 65deg, a pole region Px at latitudes 65deg to 90deg, and a region Pi at longitudes 650 to 90deg. The b...