US Patent Issued to Taylor Made Golf on May 12 for "Golf ball" (California, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,121, issued on May 12, was assigned to Taylor Made Golf Co. Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Golf ball" was invented by Ben Raymond (Carlsbad, Calif.), Dana Ehyaei (San Diego), Todd P. Beach (Carlsbad, Calif.), David Anderson (Palatine, Ill.), Balachandra Reddy Mettu (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Joshua Dipert (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf ball having contact time, CT143 of greater than or equal to about 400 microsecs, a Coefficient of Restitution, COR143 of greater than or equal to about 0.720, an Initial Velocity (IV) of greater than or equal to about 255 ft/sec and a relative ratio, RR80/127 or RR80/125 or RR80/123 each...