A63B 37/0032
Hardness gradient
Official title: {Hardness gradient}
A63B37/0032 (Hardness gradient) appears on 78 US grants and 104 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63B- Granted patents
- 78
- Published applications
- 104
- Assignees
- 12
- Inventors
- 61
- Latest grant
- 12 May 2026
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By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Golf ball12 May 2026US 12,623,120 B2Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
- Golf ball10 Feb 2026US 12,544,628 B2Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
- Golf balls having cores with increased hardness gradient24 Jun 2025US 12,337,213 B2Acushnet Company
- Method of golf ball manufacture employing ultrasonic welding, and resulting golf ball and golf ball components and/or layers2 Jul 2024US 12,023,554 B2Masion de Golf
- Golf balls having cores with increased hardness gradient2 Apr 2024US 11,944,875 B2Acushnet Company
- Golf ball29 Jan 2026US 2026/0027422 A1Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
- Golf balls having cores with increased hardness gradient9 Oct 2025US 2025/0312657 A1Acushnet Company
- Golf ball15 Aug 2024US 2024/0269520 A1Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
- Golf balls having cores with increased hardness gradient8 Aug 2024US 2024/0261641 A1Acushnet Company
- Golf balls having cores with increased hardness gradient14 Dec 2023US 2023/0398412 A1Acushnet Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Multi-piece golf ball comprising low hardness gradient core45US 8,152,655 B2Acushnet Company · 2012
- Multi-layer core golf ball having opposing hardness gradient with steep gradient outer core layer44US 7,744,489 B2Acushnet Company · 2010
- Compositions for golf equipment17US 7,378,483 B2Acushnet Company · 2008
- Golf ball dimples with a catenary curve profile17US 7,887,439 B2Acushnet Company · 2011
- Multi-layer golf ball12US 6,638,185 B2The Top-Flite Golf Company · 2003