ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,565, issued on June 23, was assigned to Taylor Made Golf Co. Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Golf club head with permanent face indicia" was invented by Scott T. Blevins (Dallas), Michael Fox (Dallas) and Justin Honea (Richardson, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wood-style golf club head having a variable thickness face, a plurality of linear face markings including at least one above and below face center, and face permanent indicia including at least two letters located at least partially on a face toe portion of the face, along with unique relationships to emphasize the contrast of some elements and reduce the contrast of other e...