A63B 37/0062
Hardness
Official title: {Hardness}
A63B37/0062 (Hardness) appears on 1,398 US grants and 1,521 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63B- Granted patents
- 1,398
- Published applications
- 1,521
- Assignees
- 64
- Inventors
- 402
- Latest grant
- 21 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 34 | 0 |
| 1999 | 22 | 0 |
| 2000 | 15 | 0 |
| 2001 | 28 | 15 |
| 2002 | 39 | 45 |
| 2003 | 44 | 70 |
| 2004 | 41 | 31 |
| 2005 | 28 | 36 |
| 2006 | 51 | 33 |
| 2007 | 38 | 38 |
| 2008 | 29 | 54 |
| 2009 | 33 | 84 |
| 2010 | 47 | 75 |
| 2011 | 64 | 87 |
| 2012 | 59 | 85 |
| 2013 | 46 | 109 |
| 2014 | 78 | 86 |
| 2015 | 96 | 110 |
| 2016 | 100 | 98 |
| 2017 | 94 | 98 |
| 2018 | 94 | 77 |
| 2019 | 86 | 50 |
| 2020 | 49 | 48 |
| 2021 | 42 | 34 |
| 2022 | 22 | 27 |
| 2023 | 29 | 32 |
| 2024 | 19 | 42 |
| 2025 | 19 | 41 |
| 2026 | 10 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Golf ball21 Jul 2026US 12,685,903 B2Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
- Golf ball23 Jun 2026US 12,661,556 B2Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
- Golf ball16 Jun 2026US 12,654,070 B2Bridgestone Sports Co.Ltd.
- Rubber composition for golf ball, and golf ball16 Jun 2026US 12,655,276 B2Bridgestone Sports Co.Ltd.
- Multi-piece solid golf ball2 Jun 2026US 12,643,015 B2Bridgestone Sports Co.Ltd.
- Golf ball24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284478 A1Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
- Multi-piece solid golf ball17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273347 A1Bridgestone Sports Co.Ltd.
- Multi-piece solid golf ball20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241236 A1Bridgestone Sports Co.Ltd.
- Multi-piece solid golf ball20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241237 A1Bridgestone Sports Co.Ltd.
- Golf balls having increased impact durability13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233063 A1Acushnet Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Golf ball and method of making same449US 5,803,831 ALisco, Inc. · 1998
- Golf ball389US 4,650,193 ASpalding & Evenflo Companies, Inc. · 1987
- Solid three-piece golf ball328US 5,184,828 AIlya Co. Ltd. · 1993
- Three-piece solid golf ball297US 5,002,281 ASumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. · 1991
- Three-piece solid golf ball288US 5,048,838 ABridgestone Corporation · 1991