A63B 37/0021
Occupation ratio, i.e. percentage surface occupied by dimples
Official title: {Occupation ratio, i.e. percentage surface occupied by dimples}
A63B37/0021 (Occupation ratio, i.e. percentage surface occupied by dimples) appears on 433 US grants and 427 published applications in this corpus.
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- Latest grant
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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