US Patent Issued to Taylor Made Golf on Nov. 3 for "Golf club head and method of manufacture" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,021, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Taylor Made Golf Co. Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Golf club head and method of manufacture" was invented by D. Clayton Long (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Peter Barker (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An iron-type golf club having selectively machined portions and attributes, including a machined sole portion and/or a machined leading edge portion. The machined portion(s) include continuous machining scallop lines having a scallop height and a step-over distance. The sole portion has a machined sole portion area of at least 900 mm2. A leading edge joins the face portion and the sole portion ...